Three short videos address environmental strategies and policy development in three states

Three new video clips feature ways that states are preparing local communities to select and implement environmental prevention strategies. Watch the videos below to see how!

• Preparing Coalitions to Use Environmental Prevention Strategies. Watch Kim Fornero, project director for Illinois' Partnership for Success grant, share lessons learned from preparing coalitions to implement environmental prevention strategies.

• Policy Development in Louisiana: Establishing Alcohol-free Zones. How does a state characterized by its relaxed attitudes toward alcohol use effectively address underage and binge drinking? Hear Leslie Brougham-Freeman, director of prevention services for Louisiana’s Office of Behavioral Health, describe one strategy the state is using.

• Policy Development in Alaska: Unintended Consequences. Policy change can be an effective way to reduce substance abuse and related behavioral health problems. But sometimes it can have unintended consequences. In this video, L. Diane Casto, manager for prevention and early intervention services for Alaska’s Division of Behavioral Health, underscores the importance of anticipating these consequences when considering policy change.

To watch these and other videos, visit SAMHSA's Centers for the Application of Prevention Technology Video Features section.