 The Need:
While overall drug use among youth is on the decline, the use of many drugs -- including inhalants, LSD, powder cocaine, crystal methamphetamine, heroin, and club drugs like Ketamine, Rohypnol, and GHB -- are not declining at all. --University of Michigan
Injection drugs are at an all-time high for 12th grade Hoosiers, with the most commonly injected drugs for this group being heroin, methamphetamine and steroids -- Indiana Prevention Resource Center
Use of marijuana, tobacco and alcohol by Marion County eighth graders is significantly higher than state and national figures -- Drug Free Marion County
What We're Doing About It:
Pacers Foundation supports the efforts of Indiana groups that help
- Young substance abusers to achieve and maintain their sobriety;
- Youth who are at serious risk of substance abuse to stay drug and alcohol free; and
- Educate high-risk youth about the potential consequences of drug and/or alcohol abuse (chronic dependence and links to criminal behavior, high-risk sexual activity, etc.).
As such, substance abuse treatment programs, substance abuse education programs, counseling programs, after school programs that focus on creating positive alternatives to "the streets," and other similarly focused groups should consider applying. This does not mean, however, that we will not fund other types of organizations focused on youth substance abuse. The bulleted points above simply refer to our priorities in this area.
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