Center for Prevention Services

Substance Abuse Prevntion/Synar prevention & Youth Drug Study:Center for Prevention Services (CPS) was founded in 1971 as the first organizations to focus on substance use prevention in Charlotte-Mecklenburg County. Originally named the Drug Education Center (1971) and renamed Substance Abuse Prevention Services (1998) and more recently taking on ints current name Center for Prevention Services (2011), CPS has worked to advance the idea of prevention and addressing youth substance use and other behavioral problems before they start.

Partnership for Success: We need comprehensive strategies to prevent youth substance use. In Stanly County, the Center for Prevention Services is working to address the root causes of youth substance use with support from the SAMHSAs Partnerships for Success Grant. This initiative aims to prevent the onset and reduce the progression of substance abuse and its related problems in Stanly County while strengthening prevention capacity and infrastructure at the community and state level.

Queen City Needle exchange:QCHR is a SEP (Syringe Exchange Program). Our purpose is harm reduction, empowerment and enacting real, practical strategies to improve the health of marginalized communities.Providing sterile injecting equipment is a proven method to prevent the spread of disease. Safer equipment also means less abscesses, endocarditis and other health problems that often put strains on public resources. SEPs improve the lives of people who use drugs and communities as a whole.