Rize Prevention Inc.

As an organization, our vision is to create effective, proven solutions to one of the biggest crises affecting our state and country today- substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders among youth. 3 out of 10 middle school students and 8 out of 10 high school students have used substances at some time in their lives. 90% of adults with a reported substance use disorder began experimenting with nicotine, drugs, or alcohol before the age of 15. Data from CDC?s National Center for Health Statistics (2024): 15% of high school students reported having ever used select illicit or injection drugs, such as cocaine, inhalants, heroin, methamphetamines, hallucinogens, or ecstasy. 14% of students reported misusing prescription opioids. Injection drug use places youth at direct risk for HIV, and drug use places youth at risk of overdose. Youth opioid use is directly linked to sexual risk behaviors. 10.9% of eighth graders, 19.8% of 10th graders, and 31.2% of 12th graders reported any il

As an organization, our vision is to create an effective, proven solution to one of the biggest crises affecting our state and country today. Provisional data from CDC?s National Center for Health Statistics indicate there were an estimated 107,622 drug overdose deaths in the United States during 2021, an increase of nearly 15% from the 93,655 deaths estimated in 2020. The 2021 increase was half of what it was a year ago, when overdose deaths rose 30% from 2019 to 2020. Additionally, data shows a 60% increase in drug use among teens since the beginning of the COVID epidemic. We play our part in solving this problem on the front-end, through preventive EDUCATION & AWARENESS. We educate adolescents and their parents about the harmful effects of drug use and its link to co-occurring disorders and provide early intervention support and resources to those adolescents who request assistance in preventing or stopping their substance use. Our mission is to empower teens to resist drug use by i