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Educate Your Community

Planning and Promoting Your Event

Combating Over-the-Counter Medicine and Prescription Drug Abuse In Your Community (CHPA presentation at CADCA National Leadership Forum, Feb. 2010)

Sharing information with others in your community, through events like a town hall meeting, is an easy way to get involved. That’s why StopMedicineAbuse.org and the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) are partnering with communities nationwide to help raise awareness at the local level about cough medicine abuse.

There are two important steps in planning a local event: making sure you can get the word out about your event and ensuring that you have the right materials for the audience. The toolkit has all of the information that you will need to plan and host a successful event.

• First, submit your event to the Stop Medicine Abuse team so that it can be promoted to the members of the Facebook community via our Fan page and members of the Stop Medicine Abuse e-mail list. Be sure to include location, date, and a contact who can be reached out to with more information.
• Download sample media alerts, press releases or op-eds that you can share with local media, as well as fast facts and quotes for background use.
• Use this template to help put together a presentation to lead your meeting.

Materials to Download, Print, and Share at Your Event

The toolkit has materials designed specifically for a variety of audiences who may be in attendance at your local event. Check out the information below so that you can easily print and make copies for community members who are likely to be in attendance:

• Overview of Teen Cough Medicine Abuse
• Information for Parents
• Information for Educators
• Information for Retailers
• Information for Healthcare Professionals
• Information for Law Enforcement
• Internet Alert

Additionally, CADCA, in collaboration with the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign, created Community Briefings: A Prevention Tool for Communities to provide a step-by-step explanation of the planning process, including tips on how to organize and promote a community briefing, how to best utilize the information gained from the meeting, and real-life examples of how community briefings can build community awareness.

For more information or if you have questions, e-mail CADCA’s Natalia Martinez Duncan or CHPA’s Katie Bryan.

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