The Georgia Senate Study Committee on Youth Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders met on September 15, 2015.  The committee heard from Travis Fretwell, Director, Office of Behavioral Health Prevention, Garry McGiboney, Ph.D, Georgia Department of Education, and Neil Campbell, Executive Director, Georgia Council on Substance Abuse.

Travis Fretwell, Director, Office of Behavioral Health Prevention

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Garry McGiboney, Ph.D, Georgia Department of Education

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Neil Campbell, Executive Director, Georgia Council on Substance Abuse

Presentation in PDF form here:  Why We Need Prevention for substance use (1)

 

Next study committee meeting will be October 7, 2015 from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm.