Okaloosa County Anti-Drug Coalition, Inc.

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VISION STATEMENT
Creating a safe, caring and drug-free community

MISSION STATEMENT
The Okaloosa County Anti-Drug Coalition exists to create a safe, drug-free community through outreach, training and supporting one community, one family and one person at a time.

OUR GOAL
To End Drug Abuse in Okaloosa County

OKALOOSA COUNTY
ANTI-DRUG COALITION, INC.

Schools & Substance Abuse
• The more a student uses alcohol, marijuana, or other illicit drugs, the lower his grade point average is likely to be.
• Frequent users are five times more likely to drop out of school altogether than other students.
• Students who sell drugs or use them early are much more likely to engage in violent behavior than others.
• Alcohol abusers are four times more likely to cut classes or skip school, marijuana abusers six times more likely to do so.
• Teen smoking is related to depression and anxiety disorders, damaging school performance and the teenager’s long-term health.
• Alcohol abuse over time can reduce brain size - the hippocampus (responsible for learning and memory) shrinks roughly 10 percent, severely hurting school performance, and damage to the prefrontal cortex can retard an individual’s decision-making ability.

TAD FORCE
“Teenagers Against Drugs” is the youth component of the Okaloosa County Anti-Drug Coalition. Youths are a critical part of our present and 100% of our future. With input from youths, our coalition strives to address youth issues, engage youth in the coalition and help them stay drug-free, productive citizens This youth-led movement can help us instill positive values, foster good citizenship and enable youths to become resources for preventing drug-abuse in their schools and neighborhoods through information on the dangers of drug abuse, which includes alcohol and tobacco.

SUPPORTING PARTNERS

Florida Department of
Juvenile Justice

Florida Dept of
Children and Family

Okaloosa County
Sheriff’s Department

Okaloosa Board of
County Commissioners

96th Air Base Wing
Eglin Air Force Base

Okaloosa County
School District

Okaloosa County Health Department

Circuit Judge
Thomas T. Remington

Dr. Deborah R. Simkin

Lutheran Services Florida

Mothers Against Drunk Driving