Leon county

Mission

The mission of the RDMC is to reduce underage drinking, binge drinking, smoking and all other forms of substance abuse among the youth and college students in Leon County thereby lowering the human costs and the financial costs associated with addiction and abuse.

Vision/End State

A healthy, committed community united behind a long term strategy to reduce substance abuse with the lowest youth and college student substance abuse rates in Florida.

Preamble

The Tallahassee-Leon County Responsible Decision Making Coalition (RDMC) utilizes epidemiological and other data to determine priority problems as recommended by the Florida Substance Abuse Response Guide (SARG). The SARG Manual Phase I, Appendix B, contains recommendations of potential community data partners and data sources. Data is organized into four categories, as noted below:

SARG Data Category: 1. CONSEQUENCES

evidence of the problem

CONSEQUENCES are defined as the ultimate outcome – lack of school success, sexually transmitted diseases, alcohol-related accidents (crashes), teen pregnancy, violence, etc.

SARG Data Category: 2. CONSUMPTION

behavior that is related to the problem

CONSUMPTION is the behavior that is the precursor to consequences including acute, heavy consumption and consumption in risky situations and among high risk groups.

 

 

SARG Data Category: 3. CONTRIBUTING

intervening variables that contribute to problems

Socio-economic, family and community intervening variables, and substance abuse constructs contributing to problems including enforcement, retail and social access, price, promotion, social norms and perceived risk.

SARG Data Category: 4. CAPACITY

resources available to address the problem

CAPACITY is organized into twelve (12) sectors including youth, parents, business, media, schools, law enforcement, health care professionals, government agencies and other organizations.

You can access the SARG information at the following Web site.

http://fcpr.fsu.edu/sarg

Additional Resources

The Tallahassee-Leon County RDMC is pleased to announce a growing Coalition, but more members and partnerships are needed. Please go to the resources section and see where you can participate. We would appreciate your contribution.