In response to popular demand from the field, CPI developed a new brochure that counties can customize and distribute as part of their cannabis use prevention activities.

During the month of August, the California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals (CCAPP) offered a special application period for the Prevention Specialist Certification. CPI supported this process by helping requestors document the CPI trainings they had completed.

The Strategic Training and Education for Prevention Planning (STEPP) Project is a compilation of technical assistance services specifically designed to support counties and agencies developing a Strategic Prevention Plan.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is funding the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Research Consortium to evaluate how a wide range of experiences during the preteen and teenage years affect brain development.

The National Institute for Drug Abuse (NIDA) under the National Institutes of Health (NIH) released its 2016-2020 Strategic Plan, Advancing Addiction Science.

SAMHSA’s Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT) has released a new interactive toolkit, Prevention Collaboration in Action.