With Prom and Graduations coming up, there are will be no shortage of celebrations with family and friends. The Alliance for Substance Use Prevention of Langlade County would like to remind families that providing alcohol to your student’s underage friends unsafe and illegal. By decreasing access and talking about alcohol use, we can support efforts to help change behaviors and attitudes about underage drinking.

Homes built before 1978 probably contain lead-based paint. When the paint peels and cracks, it makes lead dust and particles. People are exposed to lead by eating lead paint chips, ingesting contaminated food or water and /or breathing in lead dust. Children younger than 6 years are more likely to be exposed due to their hand-to-mouth behavior.

The County Health Rankings and Roadmaps, a program of the University of Wisconsin Population Health provides local communities with data on more than 90 health-influencing factors. The County Health Rankings rank two factors; health outcomes which tells us how long people live on average within a community and health factors that represents things that we can modify to improve the length or quality of life.

With the U.S facing a demand for mental health services, combined with a shortage of mental health providers, the Langlade County Health Department today announced a partnership with Credible Mind in order to increase access to mental health resources in Langlade County. This partnership provides Langlade County residents with digital access to science-based self-care resources.

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that adolescents do not consume energy drinks, yet between 30-50% report consuming these drinks. Through creative marketing, energy drink companies are targeting adolescents and young adults.

Langlade County residents now have access to free harm reduction supplies via vending machines. The vending machines stock free items such as NARCAN and other items which include: drug disposal bags, condoms, gun locks, and resource guides.