Cannabis (Marijuana)
Cannabis Use Disorder is a brain disease characterized by persistent cannabis-seeking and/or cannabis-taking behaviors, causing clinical and functional impairment, such as health problems, disability, and failure to meet major responsibilities at work, school, or home (DSM-5).
Prevention programs strengthen protective factors by addressing those most at risk with accurate information about cannabis, articulate the potential consequences of misuse/abuse, and offer activities unrelated to using. To find the right program for your community, check out SAMHSA's Resource Center.

Announcing our New Mission, Vision and Values Statements
Prevention Network is proud to announce the launch of our new logo and brand identity as part of the ongoing evolution of our organization. As our work in prevention constantly adapts to better understand the current landscape, our organization felt we needed to update our branding to reflect these changes. With the support of the Michigan Health Endowment Fund, our Board and Staff wanted to ensure our mission, vision, and values are inclusive and represent who we are. We expanded our mission to support prevention across the lifespan and updated the language to currently accepted substance use disorder terminology. We also detailed what our values mean to us. This mindset is at the core of each goal, objective, and activity you will find in our new strategic plan. Lastly, we updated our logo to a cleaner, simpler version, while keeping the purple color and Michigan mitten that people have come to recognize us by. With that, you will continue to find the same programs and support that you always have. You will see these updates reflected on our website by the end of 2022.
Mission
Cultivate healthy communities across Michigan through resources, technical assistance, and support
Vision
A life free of substance misuse in Michigan
Values
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Lead with integrity
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Empower local communities
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Encourage diversity
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Leverage collaboration to bridge gaps
Prevention Network’s board and staff, equipped with guidance from community members and currently available data, created its 2023-2025 Strategic Plan. This strategic plan is created in an effort to support local prevention efforts and ensure effective prevention in our communities. Intentional in its design, this document will help us provide credibility to our future planning and prevention efforts.
This plan highlights Prevention Network’s key goals and activities to serve as a statewide networking/support system, grow core networks and programs, develop and maintain communications, monitor and share national and state legislative updates, provide training, financial support, and technical assistance to individuals and community groups, and strengthen the Network’s identity as a visible, credible, statewide leadership organization.
Original Logo

Old Logo

New Logo

This updated logo is clean, clear, and easy to read. We used similar colors to the old logo, while all around giving the design a much more modern look and feel!
To learn more about these updates, please contact Louise Montag at louiseh@preventionnetwork.org