The mission of the Washington Association for Substance Misuse And Violence Prevention (WASAVP) is to unite prevention advocates in Washington State to create safe and healthy communities through prevention of substance misuse and violence.
Prevention First! for Safe and Healthy Communities.
Resources to Explain Prevention to Policymakers
It is important to have the most current information possible when working with policy issues, whether at the state level or at the local or regional level. There is almost no one who doesn’t have an opinion about substance use, prevention and treatment, mental health issues. Similarly, it is a truism that the opinions held by most people are based on incorrect or incomplete information.
This document - Resources for Explaining Preventon to Policy Makers – will give you access to the most current and most accurate information sources for your use in policy work in the following areas:
* Alcohol-related Policy Resources
* Cannabis-related Policy Resources
* Data Sources
* Opioids/Fentanyl-related Policy
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* Tobacco/Vaping-related Policy Resources
* Violence-related Policy Resources
