Let’s Talk: Youth Vaping & Marijuana Use - October 24, 2019

Education and awareness surrounding the latest teen trends in youth e-cigarette use is an important step in prevention and intervention. SCIP is partnering with Lincoln Public Schools, Bryan Independence Center and Region V Systems in an effort to provide a community awareness event surrounding the use of e-cigarettes. Please join us on October 24 to learn more. For educators, families and community members who are not in the Lincoln/Lancaster County area, this event will be recorded and uploaded to our SCIP website at www.scipnebraska.com within a couple of weeks of the event. LPS will also be providing this event live via Facebook.

 

October 24, 2019- Let’s Talk: Youth Vaping & Marijuana Use

Lincoln Southeast High School (Commons Area)

6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

 

Rebekah Willoughby, a Public Health Educator with the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department and Deputy Jeremy Schwarz, a Licensed Drug Recognition Expert with the Lancaster County Sherriff’s Office, will discuss:

• The prevalence of youth vaping and marijuana use
• The effects of these substances on the developing youth brain
• Physical health effects of vaping and marijuana use and signs of use
• The role of marketing in vaping and various products that youth are using
• Legal aspects
• How to engage in conversations with youth about vaping and marijuana
• Resources to further address prevention and early intervention of use

Please contact Abbe Edgecombe, SCIP Coordinator for Lincoln-Lancaster County, for questions or additional information: (402) 327-6841 or aedgecombe@lmep.com

References: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS); National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA); Tobacco Free Lancaster County