Substance Misuse
Result
Marathon county residents of all ages and abilities are free from the physical, emotional, and social impacts of substance misuse.
Indicator
Teens who smoked cigarettes in the past 30-days (High School): The percentage of teens who smoked cigarettes during the past 30-days before the survey.
Strategies
- Conduct tobacco age-compliance checks for tobacco service points and retailers in Marathon County.
- Propose alternatives to suspension and citation programs within Marathon County high schools.
- Recommend use of lifeskills curriculum within high schools to strengthen coping strategies.
Indicator
Adults who Smoke: The percentage of adults who currently smoke cigarettes.
Strategies
- Promote Wisconsin and Marathon County smoking cessation programs.
- Incorporate tobacco cessation resources into workplaces. Engage community stakeholders in the Nicotine Prevention Alliance.
Indicator
Teens who used marijuana in the past 30-days (High School): Percentage of high school students that used marijuana in the past 30 days before the survey.
Strategies
- Recommend best practice marijuana policies, including enforcement, across Marathon County school districts. Recommend use of life skills curriculum within high schools to strengthen coping strategies.
- Continue implementation of the marijuana (THC) Diversion Program.
- Explore Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) in Marathon County Schools with grades 8-12.
Indicator
Teens who drank alcohol in the past 30-days (High School): Percentage of high school students who drank alcohol during the past 30 days before the survey.
Strategies
- Conduct Minimum Legal Drinking Age compliance checks for alcohol service points and retailers in Marathon County. Continue implementation of Choices Track 1 Group in Marathon County high schools.
- Explore Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) in Marathon County Schools with grades 8-12.
Indicator
Adults who binge drink: The percentage of adults who reported binge drinking at least once during the 30 days prior to the survey. Male binge drinking is defined as five or more drinks on one occasion, and female binge drinking is four or more drinks on one occasion.
Strategies
- Implement trauma-informed, AODA specific Dialectic Behavioral Therapy (DBT) throughout Marathon County.
- Recommend use of life skills curriculum within high schools to strengthen coping strategies.
- Explore the effectiveness of referring to treatment using Continuum of Care platforms, which manage patient care through the preventative, curative, maintenance, and rehabilitative stages.