Jefferson County Drug Free Coalition

12/25/2025

We hope you all have a safe and joyful Christmas! 🎅🎄⛄🎁

12/19/2025

12/17/2025

12/17/2025

Drunk drivers face jail time when they're caught, and the financial impact is devastating. A DUI can set you back upwards of $10,000 in attorney’s fees, fines, court costs, lost time at work, higher insurance rates, car towing, and more. And, drinking and driving can result in losing your driver’s license and your car — imagine trying to explain that to your friends, family and boss.

For more information, go to: https://www.nhtsa.gov/risky-driving/drunk-driving

12/10/2025

As the weather gets colder, children are going to be spending more time indoors. Make sure you are taking the proper precautions to ensure all medications and household cleaning products are being safely secured where kids are unable to get to them.

12/08/2025

Safe Kids Worldwide data breakdown for 2023 regarding poison trends throughout the state of Wisconsin.

For more information, go to: https://www.safekids.org/trends-poisonings

12/04/2025

The positive effects of quitting — decreased blood pressure and carbon monoxide levels, for example — can be measured within just a few days. The longer you stick with it, the better you’ll feel.

For more information, go to: https://livevapefree.com/

12/01/2025

Despite the fact that it’s illegal to drive drunk, one person was killed every 42 minutes in a drunk driving crash on our nation’s roads in 2023. That's a total of 12,429 people who died in alcohol-impaired driving crashes in one year. Even a small amount of alcohol can affect driving ability. In 2023, there were 2,117 people killed in alcohol-related crashes where a driver had a BAC of .01 to .07.

For more information, go to: https://www.nhtsa.gov/campaign/buzzed-driving

11/28/2025

Back on 11/11/2025, CADCA sent out a press release informing that the h**p loophole will close that was originally created in the 2018 Farm Bill.

11/27/2025

From all of our community partners to you.........Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃🙏🍂🍁

We are grateful for all of your support as we continue our work to make Jefferson County substance-free.

11/26/2025

As the holiday season approaches, it's important to remember the 4 C's of food safety:

✋Clean
🦃Cook
🍗Clear
📱 Call

For more information on symptoms of food poisoning, go to:
https://www.cdc.gov/food-safety/signs-symptoms/index.html...

For more info go to the Wisconsin Poison Center website: https://www.wisconsinpoison.org/ OR call the Poison help line at: 1-800-222-1222

11/25/2025

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - 'As a wave of vaping-related deaths was thrust into the spotlight last year, researchers at Carolina have become experts in all areas of the field from pulmonology to marketing.'

To get all the details, click here: https://www.unc.edu/discover/new-age-nicotine/