I. Community Responsibility and Action

Community is the key to successful reduction of alcohol and other drug abuse. Only at the community level can effective comprehensive response be developed that will reduce both supply of and demand for destructive psychoactive drugs. Only the community can bring about the fundamental societal changes in attitudes and behavior that will reduce significantly our demand for drugs. Only the community can develop and sustain accessible programs that over time, will successfully prevent, treat and control substance abuse. The interest of society is to create a safe, secure and healthy environment that is free of drug abuse among all its members.