Congratulations Class of 2022! Before you head off to Senior Week, check out the “Senior Week: Staying Safe in Ocean City” virtual program on the Senior Week page.
Free Life Skills Classes
FREE and back by popular demand!!! Life Skills Training for Grades 6-9 (or slightly younger or older) FREE 8 online sessions Monday through Thursday from July 18 – July 28 HC DrugFree is providing another series of FUN and interactive skills-based classes designed to promote positive health and personal development. This curriculum was designed for…
Congratulations to the 2022 HoCo Student Film Festival Winner
Congratulations to siblings Mia and Joey Dowd for winning the HC DrugFree Category at the Ho Co Student Film Festival on Friday, May 6 with the film, Drinking Doesn’t Solve Problems, It Causes More, which can be viewed below or on our website. Thank you to all of the students who submitted their films to the Ho…
National Prevention Week: My Prevention Story
Using SAMHSA’s 2022 National Prevention Week (NPW) challenge called #MyPreventionStory, YOU told HC DrugFree WHY you support prevention services and education. NPW is the perfect time to remind our Howard County community about the importance of prevention programs, the positive impact they have on mental health and substance use, and that prevention saves lives and money. Click here or…
Take Back Event Slideshow
Please take a few minutes to enjoy HC DrugFree’s commemorative slideshow of our April 30 drive-thru medication and sharps collection and the Hidden in Plain Sight trailer tour. Again, thank you to the community, our partners, and our dedicated and caring team!!! Together, we collected 1,157 lbs. (40 white bins) of medication. The additional 21 red bins…
MD’s Lt. Governor: Part of Our Team
Once again, Maryland’s Lt. Governor Boyd Rutherford was a member of HC DrugFree’s Medication and Sharps collection team. The Lt. Governor has remained committed to fighting the opioid epidemic and related mental health issues in Maryland through a comprehensive approach that has included a focus on prevention, treatment, and recovery.
1,157 lbs. of Medication Collected at HC DrugFree’s Site
HC DrugFree provided a 2-for-1 event today between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the Wilde Lake Village Center parking lot. At the twice-a-year drive-thru Medication and Sharps Collection, volunteers collected 1,157 lbs. of medication (40 bins), plus 21 bins of sharps. At the same time, adults were invited to experience the Hidden In Plain…
County Executive Ball Presents HC DrugFree with a Certificate of Recognition
At today’s drive-thru Medication and Sharps Collection held in the Wilde Lake Village Center, Howard County Executive Calvin Ball presented HC DrugFree with a Certificate of Recognition for the organization’s annual Drug and Alcohol Awareness Month celebrated each April.
MD’s U.S. Attorney and DEA’s ASAC Visit HC DrugFree’s Site & Tour Trailer
United States Attorney for the District of MD Erek L. Barron and Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) Orville O. Greene of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) visited HC DrugFree’s Medication and Sharps collection site held on the DEA’s 21st National Drug Take Back Day, and along with approximately 100 other adults, both men visited…
CHS Pre-Prom Educational Events
Thank you to the Centennial High School (CHS) administration for partnering with HC DrugFree to present pre-prom programs to Juniors and Seniors. The two programs were held on Friday, April 22 and addressed some of the many dangers of substance use. A special thank you to Mr. Shannon Garrett for presenting and overseeing this unique and memorable…
