Community Education Tool

Community action is the key to fighting back against meth. The Tackling Meth community toolkit delivers cutting-edge information to communities through a master methamphetamine PowerPoint slide library. This unique tool allows the user to customize local presentations by selecting from meth subject matter slides including Meth 101, Why Should You Care, Drug-Endangered Children, and Meth Prevention, Treatment and Enforcement. In addition, the user can utilize the Tackling Meth blank slide template to create their own slides and include local statistics and resource information. Suggested talking points for most of the slides are
included.

Community Education Tool PowerPoint Contents

Meth 101:
This section provides a broad overview of methamphetamine (meth).  It discusses the social, economical, and environmental impacts of meth.   You can choose relevant slides to tailor your presentation to your audience.
 
Meth Statistics:
This section includes information how methamphetamine is used as well as data on meth and other substance abuse treatment for youth and adults.   It also features on meth statistics on the link between methamphetamine and child welfare, meth-related emergency room visits and meth lab seizures.

Meth Prevention:
Methamphetamine prevention information, as well as general substance abuse prevention strategies is presented in this section. 

Meth Treatment:
What are the signs and symptoms of meth addiction? How does meth effect meth users? Does methamphetamine treatment work?  This section explores the health and behavioral consequences of methamphetamine dependence that need to be to be addressed in treatment.   It also includes a review of the epidemiology and pharmacology of methamphetamine; and reviews of evidence-based and other promising approaches to treating methamphetamine dependence.
 
Meth Laws and Law Enforcement:
This section provides and overview of the various issues law enforcement official face regarding methamphetamine. Topics include types of meth labs; the dangers of making meth, detecting meth labs, and meth lab clean up.
 
Drug Endangered Children:
This section discusses the dangers of using and making meth on children and provides an overview of the benefits of community-based programs that focus on drug endangered children.
 
Why Should You Care:
Information about the impacts of meth on children, families, the environment, business, property owners, and the general public, is presented in this section. The overarching message is that meth manufacture and use is an issue requiring a community-wide response.

Creating Your Own Slides:
Here you will learn hot to create your own slides so you can highlight and add local data to your presentation.  This section contains ten blank templates with specific instruction on ho to maintain the same "look" as the rest of the kit.

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