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Welcome to the website for the LiveFree! Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition of Pinellas County (LiveFree!).  LiveFree! addresses underage drinking and binge drinking, prescription drug misuse and abuse, marijuana use and other drug use among youth, young adults and adults in Pinellas County.

Prescription Drug Drop Box Containers
In partnership with the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office and local law enforcement agencies, LiveFree! is supporting Permanent Drop Box containers for prescription medications throughout Pinellas County. Look for a location near you: Location Flyer

LiveFree! is participatin in the BE THE WALL statewide social marketing campaign, which is  geared towards parents in our community. The campagin is sponsored by the Florida Department of Children and Families.

Click here for more on Be the Wall
www.BetheWall.org

Be sure and dress the part…visit the LiveFree! General Store here or order a LiveFree! bracelet by contacting livefree@operpar.org

WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP TRAINING INITIATIVE
Registration for a Series of Empowerment Workshops Free to Women in Recovery. WLTI is a three-day group for women in recovery, by women in recovery. Click here for Application form

The Center for Public Safety Innovation (CPSI) and the Multijurisdictional Counterdrug Task Force Training (MCTFT) program at St. Petersburg College’s Allstate Center recently produced an hour-long training video called Designer Drugs: The New Frontier. Hopefully, educators and parents can watch and learn information to prevent another tragedy.

Connect to the Pinellas County Sheriff Office Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pinellassheriff

Save Our Society (SOS) Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Save-Our-Society-From-Drugs/439168265454 and SOS Twitter: @SaveOurSociety1

Drug Free America Foundation Facebook page
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Drug-Free-America-Foundation/167020301908

Eckerd College Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/eckerdcollege

Tobacco Free Coalition Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tobacco-Free-Coalition-of-Pinellas-County/147232931452

State SWAT Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/SWAT-Students-Working-Against-Tobacco/10150142012155648

 

 

 

 

 
  • To learn more about prescription drug abuse in our community, click here.
  • To learn what to do if a friend of family member is overdosing click here.
  • Suncoast KKDF Prevention Center Find out how you can schedule a presentation and see what is going on with the Pinellas KKDF and LiveFree! Speakers Bureau Click here. Visit www.kkdf.org for statewide informtion.

  • Profile of Alcohol and Drug Indicators For Pinellas County, Florida. Check out the new edition here: Indicator Report-April 2012

  • LiveFree! e-News On-line! Stay up to date on Coalition news, drug trends and access some of the best drug information links on the web. Click here to read this month's edition
  • Read about the Florida DOH Declaration of Public Health Emergency on the Prescription Drug Epidemic here
  • 2011’s Florida Kids and Alcohol - A Regional Perspective on Substance Use
    LiveFree! in partnership with WEDU and numerous community partners hosted their Annual Town Hall Meeting on with discussion surrounding underage alcohol use, binge drinking and prescription drug misuse and abuse in the Tampa Bay area.  The program aired Thursday, April 21, 2011.  To watch the production on-line at WEDU, go to the following link: http://video.wedu.org/video/1915459100

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