Love Detroit Prevention Coalition

Day 3 at and we’re still coming strong! 🔥

This week, Love Detroit Prevention Coalition has been leading sessions, shaping the movement, and encouraging meaningful advocacy across the forum.

Grenae Dudley, PhD, absolutely knocked it out of the park! Her youth-focused sessions reached capacity within the first five minutes, showing just how powerful and necessary youth-centered prevention continues to be.

Our Treasurer, Jeff Griffith, has been actively connecting the dots all week! Networking, building relationships, and speaking candidly about the real dos and don’ts of prevention work, grounded in lived experience and long-term impact.

We were especially excited to see so many Detroit constituents join us for our session and state meeting. Together, we’re continuing to collaborate, strengthen partnerships, and move our collective efforts forward to advance substance use prevention in our communities.

Our Love for Detroit extends beyond city limits!
The movement is moving. 🧡💙

It’s Day 2 of Love Detroit Prevention Coalition journey at CADCA!

We’re excited to be part of this year’s CADCA Forum as we join prevention leaders from across the country to share, learn, and build together.

Our Chair, Grenae Dudley, PhD, will be presenting four powerful sessions, sharing insights and strategies to strengthen prevention work nationwide. She’ll also be joined by our Treasurer, Jeff Griffith, for a special session on lasting change, taking place Tuesday.

We’re also proud to celebrate Brittany Marby and Dawn Calloway, who both received scholarships to attend and support the forum, helping ensure meaningful engagement, learning, and enrichment for coalitions as we come together.

Detroit voices are in the room.
The work continues. 💙

The Love Detroit Prevention Coalition kicked off our Over the Counter & Prescription Medicine Safety campaign in April! Our Community Outreach and Engagement (C.O.R.E) department went to city rec centers and senior housing locations and presented information on the difference between OTC and prescription medications, how to properly dose OTC medications, distinguishing between safe and unsafe storage locations for OTC medicines, the importance of the drug facts label and its various sections and promotion of the DEA Takeback (hosted in April and October) as a safe disposal option! Participants were entered into a raffle/prize giveaway and 1 winner received a ‘medicine safety kit that includes a safe storage container, magnifying glass, safe storage tip magnet, and LDPC swag!

Congratulations to our great partners, the Detroit Police Department's 7th precinct, on taking back 145 pounds of pills in last October's DEA Drug Takeback event. They win the coveted Golden Throne, given to the takeback site that collects the most pills to help keep our community safe. The next takeback day is Saturday, April 26th - please go to any Detroit Police precinct headquarters or find the closest takeback site to you by visiting deatakeback.com. Congrats again to the 7th... who will win the award this year?

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2025/04/11/golden-flush-detroit-police-departments-7th-precinct-takes-the-throne-with-record-drug-takeback-haul/

🛑 Did you know? Unused medications in the home can easily fall into the wrong hands.

You can make your house safer by taking your unused, unwanted & expired medications to a DEA Dropoff Site. It’s safe, anonymous, and confidential.

Let’s make our homes safer, one cabinet at a time!

Saturday, October 26th, safely dispose of them at any Detroit Police Precinct between 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. or at one of these other locations:

Highland Park Police Department - 14112 Woodward Ave. Highland Park, MI 48203
Detroit Health Department - 100 Mack Ave. Detroit, MI 48210
Wayne State University Police Department - 6050 Cass Ave. Detroit, MI 48202
Butzel Family Rec Center - 7737 Kercheval Ave. Detroit, MI 48214
Heilman Recreation Center - 19601 Brock Ave. Detroit, 48205
Connor Creek Apartments - 4663 E Outer Dr. Detroit, MI 48234
Northwest Activity Center - 18100 Meyers Rd. Detroit, MI 48235

Let’s protect our kids and the community!

Highland Park Police Department Love Detroit Prevention Coalition Wayne State University Police Detroit Police Department Detroit Housing Commission Detroit Parks & Recreation Health Department

📅 Mark your calendars for October 26th!
It's time to clean out your medicine cabinet and safely dispose of expired or unused medications. Help us keep our homes safe and secure.
📍 Drop off at any Detroit Police Precinct from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Other Drop Off Locations:
Highland Park Police Department - 14112 Woodward Ave. Highland Park, MI 48203
Detroit Health Department - 100 Mack Ave. Detroit, MI 48210
Wayne State University Police Department - 6050 Cass Ave. Detroit, MI 48202
Butzel Family Rec Center - 7737 Kercheval Ave. Detroit, MI 48214
Heilman Recreation Center - 19601 Brock Ave. Detroit, 48205
Connor Creek Apartments - 4663 E Outer Dr. Detroit, MI 48234
Northwest Activity Center - 18100 Meyers Rd. Detroit, MI 48235
Let’s protect our kids and the community!

Dr. Vohra with the Michigan Poison & Drug Information Center at Wayne State University School of Medicine spoke with WDET 101.9FM about the rise in cases of pediatric exposure to cannabis edibles in Detroit. Scan the QR or click the link to read more https://bit.ly/3VaeaBt.
✅Keep adult use only recreational substances locked up and out of sight and reach of children.
✅Avoid use near anyone under the age of 21 years.
For more prevention information and tools contact the MiPDC. https://bit.ly/3cLqUH8
Poison Helpline, 1-800-222-1222. Available 24/7. Free, confidential, and expert advice. Wayne State University Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Prevention Network Michigan Love Detroit Prevention Coalition Empowerment Zone Coalition, Inc. COPE Detroit Detroit Public Schools Community District Parenting Awareness Michigan America's Poison Centers

The Drug Enforcement Administration - DEA National Takeback Day takes place in Detroit on Saturday, April 20th, 2024 from 10:00am - 2:00pm! Any unused, unwanted or expired medication you have, please bring to the locations listed below to be disposed of properly.
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Here are a few tips to help keep youth in your home from medicine misuse:

- never share your medications
- never use someone else's medications
- never refer to medicine as candy
- store your medications up and away and out of sight of children
- never misuse or abuse your medicine
- kids should only take medicine under the supervision of a guardian or parent

To schedule a full presentation on over-the-counter medication safety, call (313) 826-7099.

Source: CDC