The Youth Connection and Love Detroit Prevention Coalition celebrated the 2024 Red Ribbon week with our partners and helped spread awareness of
the event and substance abuse prevention. Red Ribbon Week is from October 23rd – October 31st. It's celebrated in honor of Drug
Enforcement Administration Special Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena. Click the button below to watch the video!
As several students at a high school got sick after ingesting edible marijuana, The Youth Connection and Dr. Grenae Dudley were featured in a WJBK Fox 2 New Detroit segment to speak on the dangers of Marijuana Edibles and why it's
important keeping marijuana and other substances out of the hands of our youth.
The Youth Connection and Dr. Grenae Dudley were featured in a WDIV (Channel 4) segment about the rise of fentanyl in Detroit and
especially rainbow fentanyl.
Anika Jackson, A student at John J. Pershing High School, participates in the Detroit Police Department Explorers Program and
participated in our Narcan Training. Anika’s mother notice someone that was having an opioid overdose. Anika’s mother call her about the situation, and anika was able to tell her mom step by step how
to administer Naloxone (Narcan). Anika and her mother saved a life! They were awarded by The Youth Connection, Love Detroit Prevention Coalition, Detroit Police Department Explorers Program, Detroit
Health Department, and Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network at the DPD 11th Precinct!
The Youth Connection, Love Detroit Prevention Coalition and Detroit Health Department was awarded a plaque of appreciation from The Drug
Enforcement Agency (DEA) for our efforts in collecting nearly 70,000 pounds of prescription medications during the DEA's National Prescription Drug Takeback Day held in April and October 2021 in the
city of Detroit!