Drug & Alcohol Rehab in Columbus, OH

City of Columbus Latino Women’s Prevention Program

The Latino Women’s Prevention Program aims to educate and empower Latino women and mothers through discussion, leadership and mentoring. The program offers education on the effects, risks and consequences of substance abuse, avoidance of risky situations and ways to positively impact family and community. In addition to substance abuse, the program covers issues including mental health, sexual education, nutrition and more.

City of Columbus Saving Our Selves (S.O.S.)

This program for 14- to 25-year-olds aims to break patterns of high-risk behaviors for substance abuse, HIV and other sexually transmitted infections by providing numerous services for at-risk individuals, including:

• Education on risky behavior
• Screening to identify high-risk behavior
• STD testing
• Substance abuse screening
• Counseling and case management
• Consultation and referrals to additional services

City of Columbus Substance Abuse General Education (S.A.G.E.)

As a proactive effort to prevent addiction, the city created the S.A.G.E. program. This program provides general education on drugs and alcohol to individuals and families who want to prevent substance abuse in their families. Other participants include those referred by the criminal justice system and those deemed at high-risk of abusing substances by a screening assessment. S.A.G.E. programming consists of five sessions lasting three hours each in the mornings or evenings during the work week.

City of Westerville Medication Disposal

A key goal for Westerville law enforcement is to prevent substance abuse by reducing the access to illicit prescription drugs. The Westerville Medication Disposal programs allows residents to dispose of unwanted or expired prescription medications free of charge with no forms or questions asked. The Westerville Division of Police has a medication disposal box located in the lobby of the station, which is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, allowing residents to get rid of unwanted dangerous prescriptions and reducing the general public’s access to them.