The Tuscarawas County
Anti-Drug Coalition
We work in the community to empower youth to live drug-free lives. Our committees are dedicated to substance-use prevention and education.
See our different committees and where they focus in the community.
Rx Drugs
Learn about safe usage, safe storage, and safe disposal of your prescription medication.
Alcohol
You can set the example for your kids to understand the dangers of alcohol consumption.
Tobacco
Learn about the effects of tobacco use and understand the increased dangers of vaping.
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Hope Sunday 2021
Join us Sunday, August 29 as Tuscarawas and Carroll County churches come together as ONE CHURCH to extend their love and support to those persons in our community struggling with addiction.
Featuring the brand new video In One A-Chord.
The NEW Substance Use
Hope Line
Watch this video to learn more about the NEW local resource for Tuscarawas and Carroll counties, the substance use Hope Line. Meet Rachel Wentworth, the Hope Line Access Navigator, who will guide you to the best level of care for your situation and walk alongside you through the process.
If you or a loved one is struggling with addiction, call or text the Hope Line and talk with Rachel today!
Request a Free Naloxone Kit
Project DAWN is a community-wide naloxone (also known as narcan) distribution program. Naloxone is a medication that can be used to quickly reverse an overdose caused by an opioid drug.
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Who We Are
The Tuscarawas County Anti-Drug Coalition is comprised of passionate volunteer members living and/or working in local communities. Volunteers include individual citizens as well as representatives across a variety of businesses, agencies, and organizations.
What We Do
The ADC operates with dedication to a mission that encourages local youth to live healthy, drug-free lives by ensuring consistent access to support, education, and resources for youth, parents, businesses, and local communities.
Where We Work
the ADC is actively present throughout a variety of events and activities within local communities. From the county fair and local festivals to parades and fundraising events, ADC members are visible with a consistent presence throughout all corners of Tuscarawas County.
Empowering Youth
Building a healthy, drug-free community through education and prevention
Youth-Led Prevention
Volunteer Opportunities
Youth Advisory Boards
State Level Support
Mentor Programs
School-Based Programs
Empower Tusc
Join us each episode with your host, Empower Tusc Coordinator Jodi Salvo, as we deliver current information to help educate and raise awareness about substance use and mental health in our community. Jodi brings information from all over Tuscarawas and surrounding counties, including resources from local school districts, law enforcement, treatment agencies, political offices, state representatives, and more. You’ll enjoy these casual conversations among people working together to increase prevention in our community.
The Anti-Drug Coalition is part of the Get Level Podcast Network, bringing agencies and organizations together to reach listeners in Tuscarawas County.
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For more information on the ADC, visit www.adctusc.org.
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Project Hope Kicks Off on August 21 at Music on the Square
Beginning August 21st, Tuscarawas County residents will begin seeing silhouettes placed across nine communities in the county. Each community will display:
• One black silhouette – representing deaths in the county
• One gray silhouette – representing overdoses per city (that did not result in death)
• One yellow silhouette – representing “There is Always Hope”
• Yard sign promoting the New Tuscarawas County Hope Line (330) 663-6812
The silhouettes, 30 across the county, will be placed in highly visible areas. Yard signs will accompany the silhouettes featuring the New Tuscarawas County Hope Line number (330) 663-6812. This is a one call, one person, no redirect number. Rachel, the access navigator, will answer the phone or call you back to help you access the most appropriate substance use and addiction treatment services. She can also provide support and resource information to families or loved ones who have a person struggling with substance use or addiction in their life.
Participating communities include Bolivar, Dover, Mineral City, Newcomerstown, New Philadelphia, Port Washington, Strasburg, Sugarcreek, Tuscarawas, and the Twin City area (Dennison/Uhrichsville).
This effort is in response to an all-time record high in overdose deaths in 2020. March of 2021 recorded an all-time one-month record high of overdose deaths in the county. The Tuscarawas County Anti-Drug Coalition and Addiction Task Force would like to raise awareness that there is help and there is hope for persons who struggle with substance use and addiction. This initiative is to help community members better understand addiction and to help persons struggling know that help is available.
“We want to create clear visibility that there are services that can help and that there is always hope,” said Jodi Salvo, Coordinator of the Tuscarawas County Anti-Drug Coalition. “We want to continue to encourage our community to seek and share resources and to realize the importance of reaching out and checking in on each other.”
The silhouettes will be distributed as the initiative is launched on August 21st at Music on the Square in New Philadelphia. Please join us at 4:00pm to hear a recovery story by a local young woman, and a proclamation from a County Commissioner recognizing both National Overdose Awareness Day and National Recovery Month.
The overall message of this initiative is that Tuscarawas County is a community that cares, and “There is Always Hope.” Residents are invited to attend the August 21st event at Music on the Square and to share the message of hope and the information and resources made available through Project Hope.
For more information about the local work of the ADC, visit adctusc.org.
For information about services available in the county, contact the ADAMHS Board at adamhtc.org.
Visit www.adctusc.org for all your information about the Coalition and different types of drug use and prevention.
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August 16, 2021
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