Reducing Addiction, Partnership Profiles

KIYU-AM in Galena, AK and its partner Yukon-Koyukuk Mental Health produced Real Problems, Real Solutions, giving local youth a voice in helping them overcome the problems of substance abuse in their community.

In this project, WVMR-AM, Dunmore, WV and High Rocks Academy facilitated a discussion among young people about substance abuse through teen-produced programming.

Learn how KSER-FM in Lynnwood, WA and the Snohomish Health District organized a project team of teens and mentors to create a media campaign to deter youth from smoking tobacco.

WAER in Syracuse, NY, partnered with the Syracuse Onodaga Drug and Alcohol Abuse Commission to produce youth programming to bring more attention to the problem of youth substance abuse in their community.

WNIN-TV and Youth First, Inc. addressed underage drinking head-on in their project, Sober Up. The partners built support for research-proven prevention programs, policy reforms and treatment options through TV forums, learning guides and a Web site.

Discover how KUAF-FM in Fayetteville, AR and The Art Experience produced an arts outreach program empowering youth to make healthy decisions about substance abuse.

Read about WKMS-FM in Murray, KY, and the Regional Prevention Center's (RPC) innovative outreach activities developed in a program called Straight Dope, informing the public about youth substance abuse issues in the West Kentucky area.

Learn about how WDIY-FM in Bethlehem, PA and ALERT Partnership produced news features to create greater awareness among adult WDIY listeners about the youth substance abuse problem.

Find out what WOJB-FM in Hayward, WI, and its partner Lac Courte Oreille Tribe did to help educate 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students about the difference between smoking tobacco for the abuse of it and for the ceremonial use of it in the Chippewa culture.

Rhode Island PBS, Roger Williams Medical Center, and the Providence Business News brought attention to the effects of addiction on the workplace, with emphasis on treatment and the stigma attached to the addictions. The three organizations raised the level of awareness of this problem and provided Rhode Island employers with tools to help their employees overcome their addictions.