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Schools Take a Stand for Students Amidst the Growing Mental Health Crisis

4 Ohio School Districts Pilot a Three-Year Program to Integrate Additional Student Prevention and Wellness Strategies (Columbus, April 20, 2023)...

Ohio Launches Responsible Gambling Campaign Before Sports Betting Starts

Written By: Mike Mazzeo Updated on: Dec. 29, 2022 The original article can be found here. An Ohio campaign is...

A school-based support program coming to Ohio could benefit Lucas County students

Prevention Action Alliance is launching a new school-based support pilot program: Prevention and Wellness Academy of Ohio Written By: Madelyne...

Dopesick Author Speaks in Ohio Addiction Not a Moral Failure

Written By: Mary Schuermann Kuhlman Published on: Tuesday, August 23, 2022 The original article can be found here. With more...

All Sides with Ann Fisher

Fran Gerbig, PAA’s Executive Director, was featured on All Sides with Ann Fisher to discuss marijuana legalization in Ohio and...

Statewide Group Welcomes Anyone Dealing with Loss to Attend Free Virtual Conference, April 21-22

G.A.P. Network Connects Grieving Families to Prevention, Other Resources COLUMBUS, Ohio—Between June 2019 and May 2020, over 81,000 drug...

2,100 Students Rally for Prevention at Ohio Statehouse

COLUMBUS—More than 2,100 middle and high school students across Ohio marched in downtown Columbus as part of the 7th annual We Are The Majority Rally (WATM...

Prevention Action Alliance and the AmerisourceBergen Foundation Team to Join First-of-Its-Kind Prescription Drug Safety Network

COLUMBUS—Prevention Action Alliance, the AmerisourceBergen Foundation and Everfi today announced a new digital education initiative aimed at combatting opioid misuse...

Prevention Action Alliance Awards $114K, Funds Youth-Led Prevention Across Ohio

COLUMBUS—Prevention Action Alliance awarded $114,000 in grants to improve youth-led prevention development throughout the state of Ohio during the 2018...

Drug Free Action Alliance is now Prevention Action Alliance

Drug Free Action Alliance is now Prevention Action Alliance. Come learn why we changed our name....

1,700 Students March in We Are The Majority Rally

More than 1,700 youth from middle and high schools across Ohio marched on the Ohio Statehouse today as part of...

Students Awarded for Producing Winning Drug Prevention Videos

Five students from Genoa Area High School in Ottawa County were recognized today by representatives from Prevention Action Alliance, the...