Organizational Sponsors
The Drug Enforcement Administration Website
The Drug Enforcement Administration’s primary mission is to enforce the nation’s federal drug laws. But DEA also has a responsibility to educate the public about the dangers and consequences of drug use based on facts and scientific evidence. DEA’s Community Outreach and Prevention Support Section provides the public with current and relevant drug information about illicit drug use, the misuse of prescription drugs, drug use trends, and the health consequences of drug use. The Community Outreach and Prevention Support Section also develops drug information brochures, drug fact sheets, pamphlets, and parent/teacher drug education guides to assist the community in identifying drug use and finding help.
IC&RC: Leading the World in Credentialing
IC&RC promotes public protection by setting standards and developing exams for credentialing prevention, substance use treatment, and recovery professionals. Organized in 1981, it has a worldwide network of over 75,000 certified professionals.
Participating Exhibitors
Botvin LifeSkills Training
Botvin LifeSkills Training Website
Botvin LifeSkills Training is an evidence-based prevention program for schools, communities, and families.
CADCA
CADCA Website
Since 1992, CADCA has demonstrated that when all sectors of a community come together, social change happens. CADCA represents over 5,000 community coalitions that involve individuals from key sectors including schools, law enforcement, youth, parents, healthcare, media, and others. We have members in every U.S. state and territory and more than 30 countries around the world. The CADCA coalition model emphasizes the power of community coalitions to prevent substance misuse through collaborative community efforts. We believe that prevention of substance use and misuse before it starts is the most effective and cost-efficient way to reduce substance use and its associated costs. In addition to supporting our member coalitions by providing resources and materials designed to help our coalitions be effective and sustainable, CADCA also offers customized trainings for coalitions across the world. Through our International Programs, Youth Leadership, and Training teams, we are able to reach and empower thousands of change advocates per year. CADCA also offer signature events each year, including the National Leadership Forum, Mid-Year Training Institute, and Drug-Free Kids Campaign Awards Dinner, which help our members network, share ideas, and learn from some of the most influential substance misuse professionals in the world. Help us change the epidemic of substance misuse – the outcomes will change the world.
Center for Communities that Care
Center for Communities that Care Website
Communities that Care is a prevention framework, which works with communities to identify risk and protective factors for problem behavior, and choose evidence-based programs that will help the community address these needs.
Collaborative Planning Group Systems, Inc. & WellScreen, Inc.
Collaborative Planning Group Systems, Inc. & WellScreen, Inc. Website
Collaborative Planning Group provides innovative technology solutions to non-profit organizations, coalitions, communities, and states. Our Performance Based Prevention System is a user friendly data management, evaluation, and reporting system. The PBPS delivers the tools states need to collect real-time data and satisfy Substance Abuse Prevention Block Grant, State Opioid Response, and Partnership for Success grant requirements. Our powerful analysis and reporting function has the capacity to create more than 200,000 unique reports in multiple formats and instantly produce the standard federal Block Grant reports. WellScreen technology is based on the SBIRT protocol and uses evidence-based health screeners, like ASSIST, CRAFFT, BOOK and PHQ9 in one simple, tablet-enabled interface.
The Drug Enforcement Administration
The Drug Enforcement Administration Website
The Drug Enforcement Administration’s primary mission is to enforce the nation’s federal drug laws. But DEA also has a responsibility to educate the public about the dangers and consequences of drug use based on facts and scientific evidence. DEA’s Community Outreach and Prevention Support Section provides the public with current and relevant drug information about illicit drug use, the misuse of prescription drugs, drug use trends, and the health consequences of drug use. The Community Outreach and Prevention Support Section also develops drug information brochures, drug fact sheets, pamphlets, and parent/teacher drug education guides to assist the community in identifying drug use and finding help.
Emergent Biosolutions
Emergent Biosolutions Website
Narcan Nasal Spray
FDA Center for Tobacco Products
FDA Center for Tobacco Products Website
Tobacco prevention resources.
FEI Systems
FEI Systems Website
Since 2003, FEI Systems has developed and supported a web-based software system called WITS. For the past decade, WITS has been used by States to track, report on, and evaluate programs such as Prevention, SBIRT, Recovery Services and Treatment, and other State and County driven initiatives such as Problem Solving Courts. WITS currently operates in over 30 States and Counties throughout the country with 11 customers utilizing WITS Prevention. The WITS Prevention system allows the linkage of prevention tracking into a behavioral health record. Generally, WITS Prevention is used for data collection, management, and tracking of: • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Prevention/Early Intervention planning and activities across a state, following the SPF model • Coalition, Regional Network, or local group progress on prevention activities • Generates all Block Grant Reporting as well as PFS and other prevention reporting requirements.
IC&RC
IC&RC Website
IC&RC promotes public protection by setting standards and developing exams for credentialing prevention, substance use treatment, and recovery professionals. Organized in 1981, it has a worldwide network of over 75,000 certified professionals.
Indiana State Department of Health
Indiana State Department of Health Website
The Indiana State Department of Health is committed to educating communities and residents about the prevention, intervention and treatment of opioid use disorder to build a healthier Indiana. In 2017, 1,852 Hoosiers died from drug poisoning, marking a 883% increase since 1999. Opioid use disorder is a disease, there is treatment, and recovery is possible. It all starts with KNOWLEDGE and understanding the facts.
Lipscomb University, Department of Psychology, Counseling & Family Science
Lipscomb University, Department of Psychology, Counseling & Family Science Website
Recognizing the increase in opioid and drug addiction and the need for trained professionals, Lipscomb University graduate studies in Clinical Mental Health Counseling has created a specialization in Addictions. This specialization allows you to become dual licensed as a LPC-MHSP and a LADAC.
Mendez Foundation
Mendez Foundation Website
The evidence-based Too Good for Drugs curricula equip children and adolescents K-12 to resist substance use by building resiliency, self- and social-competency, and perception of harm related to the negative health effects and negative social consequences of substance use and addiction. Social development skills include setting reachable goals, making responsible decisions, and managing peer influence. Developmentally appropriate and interactive social activities and games reinforce learning through role-play, skits, games, and other cooperative learning strategies.
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
NIAAA Website
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) exhibit highlights the importance of alcohol research, prevention, and treatment for maintaining the health of the individual, the family, and the nation. The NIAAA booth features publications appropriate for the public, research findings for professionals and policy makers, and research grant opportunities available for biomedical and social science researchers.
Opioid Response Network
Opioid Response Network Website
The Opioid Response Network (STR-TA) provides education and technical assistance free of charge across prevention, treatment, and recovery to support local initiatives to address opioid use disorders. The SAMHSA-funded network is led by the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry and a large coalition of national professional organizations, offering evidence-based practices tailored to the needs of individuals, communities and organizations.
OU Extended Campus
OU Extended Campus Website
OU Extended Campus offers a 100% online master’s degree in Prevention Science. Earn your degree from a large public research institution rooted in community and tradition. For more information, please visit our website at PACS.OU.EDU or call (800) 522-4389.
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation Website
The mission of PIRE is to promote, undertake, research, and evaluate efforts to improve individual and public health, welfare, and safety. In support of this mission, we create and support an environment within which skilled, innovative, and dedicated researchers and practitioners work to extend the leading edges of their respective fields. For 45 years, PIRE has been awarded grant- and contract-funded work, ranging from primary research and program evaluation to service delivery (technical assistance and direct service)—guided by PIRE’s mission and commitment to the application of science for the public good.
Prevention Central
Prevention Central Website
Prevention Central is an organization of prevention scientists who develop and evaluate prevention programs to help individuals and communities thrive. Our website is a repository of evidence-based programs for youth, parents, and communities on a variety of topic areas, including substance use prevention, sexual health promotion, and social-emotional learning. All of our programs have been rigorously developed and evaluated, and are available for purchase. We additionally offer grant-writing support for organizations who want to include any of our evidence-based programs in their next grant proposal. Prevention Central also hosts monthly webinars and provides free resources, many for substance use prevention professionals.
Prevention Insights
Prevention Insights Website
Prevention Insights works to bring together research and practice and thereby better ensure that individuals and communities receive state of the art prevention technology. Our vision is to promote and sustain healthy environments and behaviors across the lifespan.
Prevention Solutions@EDC
Prevention Solutions@EDC Website
Prevention Solutions@EDC provides training and expert consultation to support public health agencies and organizations working to address substance misuse and related problems in their communities. Prevention Solutions@EDC is operated by Education Development Center (EDC), a global nonprofit that advances lasting solutions to improve education, promote health, and expand economic opportunity.
Prevention Technology Transfer Center – Network Coordinating Office
Prevention Technology Transfer Center – Network Coordinating Office Website
The purpose of the Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PTTC) Network is to improve implementation and delivery of effective substance abuse prevention interventions, and provide training and technical assistance services to the substance abuse prevention field. It does this by developing and disseminating tools and strategies needed to improve the quality of substance abuse prevention efforts; providing intensive technical assistance and learning resources to prevention professionals in order to improve their understanding of prevention science, epidemiological data, and implementation of evidence-based and promising practices; and, developing tools and resources to engage the next generation of prevention professionals. Established in 2018 by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the PTTC Network is comprised of 10 Domestic Regional Centers, 2 National Focus Area Centers, and a Network Coordinating Office. Together the Network serves the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Pacific Islands of Guam, American Samoa, Palau, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and the Mariana Islands.
Primo Prevention
Primo Prevention Website
Primo Prevention LLC is an educational publisher that has dedicated itself to producing the most cutting edge substance abuse prevention products on the market today. Some of our more popular items include pamphlets, rack cards, retractable presentation banners, activity books, pocket slide guides, DVD’s, posters and more. All of our products are carefully chosen to make a positive impact on their intended audience. Our company’s passion is to make your prevention and health education efforts engaging and effective. Primo is also your one-stop shop for promotional items. We have access to over 800,000 items that you can imprint with your organization’s name or message.
RTI International
RTI International Website
RTI International is an independent, nonprofit research institute dedicated to improving the human condition. Clients rely on us to answer questions that demand an objective and multidisciplinary approach—one that integrates expertise across the social and laboratory sciences, engineering, and international development. We believe in the promise of science, and we are inspired every day to deliver on that promise for the good of people, communities, and businesses around the world. For more information, visit www.rti.org.
Society for Prevention Research
Society for Prevention Research Website
The Society for Prevention Research is an organization dedicated to advancing scientific investigation on the etiology and prevention of social, physical and mental health and academic problems and on the translation of that information to promote health and well being. The multi-disciplinary membership of SPR is international and includes scientists, practitioners, advocates, administrators, and policymakers who value the conduct and dissemination of prevention science worldwide.
Verde® Technologies, Inc.
Verde® Technologies, Inc. Website
Minneapolis based Verde® Technologies, Inc., is a privately owned company committed to developing research based scientifically proven solutions to reduce drug abuse, misuse and negative environmental impact. The patented Deterra® Drug Deactivation System is powered by proprietary MAT12® Molecular Adsorption Technology, which deactivates drugs using activated carbon. Deterra is highly effective in adsorbing and firmly binding drugs, rendering them inert, unavailable for misuse and safe for the environment.
Wyoming Survey & Analysis Center
Wyoming Survey & Analysis Center Website
The Wyoming Survey & Analysis Center at the University of Wyoming seeks to provide clear, accurate, and useful information to decision-makers through applied social research, scientific polling, information technology services, and rigorous program evaluation. Without bias and with the highest standards of validity, WYSAC collects, manages, analyzes, and reports data through research contracts for the public and private sector in Wyoming and throughout the nation.