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Community Education Campaigns

Community education is an essential and strategic component of effectively combating methamphetamine use and distribution. Throughout the state are various opportunities for such training. Following are examples of the training provided in various areas in the state.

Meth Watch

Meth Watch’s train the trainer program provides training for those interested in becoming community trainers of the Meth Watch program. Meth Watch is sponsored by the Consumer Healthcare Products Association and is designed to help curtail the theft and suspicious sales of pseudoephedrine products, as well as other common household products used in the illicit manufacturing of methamphetamine in small, toxic labs. A key goal of this program is to promote cooperation between retailers and law enforcement to prevent the diversion of legitimate products for illegal use.

Drug Court Professionals

Occasionally, conferences or trainings are held in the state, which people can take advantage of. For example, professionals attended the 12th Annual Drug Court Training Conference in Seattle in June 2006. The principal objectives of this conference, sponsored by the National Association of Drug Court Professionals, were to provide training from peers and experts on current practices and trends in the treatment of addiction, to connect with policymakers on the direction of funding and relevant legislation, to network with fellow practitioners, and to interface with providers of products and services developed to meet the needs of the field. Workshop topics included: the ABC’s of Drug Courts, a series on Managing Meth Users Effectively—Community Supervision, the Complexity and Challenges of Meth, Advanced Treatment Issues, Methamphetamine: Creating a Multi-jurisdictional Approach (Tribal), and Drug-Endangered Children.

Tribal Community Training

A train-the-trainer program was established to increase meth awareness in tribal communities. Through the program, law enforcement officers are trained and then encouraged to return to their communities to train officers within their departments.

Meth 360

Washington State was one of four states in the nation selected to participate in Meth 360, a meth education and prevention program developed by the Partnership for a Drug Free America. The program involves and trains prevention, treatment, and law enforcement professionals to give presentations to communities in Washington on ways to combat methamphetamine. The training provides participants with knowledge of the dangers of methamphetamine, along with talking points that they can use to share with other members of the community. Through the program, trained presenters have presented PowerPoint presentations to service clubs and other community audiences. The program is being launched statewide and the Attorney General’s Office will assist in training teams of Meth 360 trainers in every county in the state.

Meth Prevention Cookbook

The National Guard, community based organizations, and local law enforcement agencies in the Puget Sound area created a resource, called the Meth Prevention Cookbook, which provided information that can be used for specialized community based training. To access this book, go to http://www.wsnia.org/educator/MethPrevCookbook.htm.