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The Mid-America Prevention Technology Transfer Center (Mid-America PTTC) is designed to serve as a prevention catalyst, empowering individuals and fostering partnerships to promote safe, healthy, and drug-free communities across Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas. Our services are evidence-based, culturally competent, and locally focused. We provide intensive technical assistance to support organizations' and systems' efforts to implement evidence-based prevention strategies. The Mid-America PTTC also forms partnerships with local and regional stakeholders to ensure that the training needs of the region are identified and met.

The Mid-America PTTC goals are:

  • Accelerate the adoption and implementation of evidence-based and promising substance misuse prevention strategies.
  • Heighten the awareness, knowledge, and skills of the workforce that addresses substance misuse prevention.
  • Foster regional and national alliances among culturally diverse practitioners, researchers, policymakers, funders, and local communities.
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Episode 15: Current Drug Trends - Cannabis

Sep 20, 2019

This is episode 15 and today we will be talking with about Cannabis. Our guest is Officer Ryan Snow.

Ryan serves fulltime as a police officer with a large university police department where he educates the community about DUI and drug-related issues.

He is a certified drug recognition expert instructor and has completed...

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Episode 14: Recovery Stories - LaTonia

Sep 17, 2019

For the month of September, we have partnered with the Mid-America ATTC to share stories of recovery from the Mid-America TTC region.

** Together We Are Stronger **

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Episode 13: Recovery Stories - Mirna

Sep 16, 2019

For the month of September, we have partnered with the Mid-America ATTC to share stories of recovery from the Mid-America TTC region.

** Together We Are Stronger **

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Episode 12: Recovery Stories - Susan

Sep 11, 2019

For the month of September, we have partnered with the Mid-America ATTC to share stories of recovery from the Mid-America TTC region.

** Together We Are Stronger **

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Episode 11: Empowering the Leader Within

Sep 10, 2019

Dr. David Anderson, Professor Emeritus of Education and Human Development at George Mason University, is our guest for this episode. At Mason, he served as Professor and Director of the Center for the Advancement of Public Health. He acquired over 180 grants and contracts, along with teaching courses on drug and alcohol...

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