Perry County Drug Court : Teresa Huff: teresahuff@KYCOURTS.NET : Phone 606 - 435-6145.

The Perry County Drug Court seeks to intervene and break the cycle of substance abuse,addiction and crime by coordinating the efforts of the judiciary,prosecution,defense bar, probation, law enforcement and mental health, social services and treatment providers. Today there is irrefutable evidence that Drug Court is achieving what it set out to do -- substantially reduce drug use and criminal behavior in drug addicted offenders.

Perry County ASAP : Gayle Tackett : gayletackett@yahoo.com : Phone 606-436-3842. The web-site is www.perrycountyasap.com . Mini grants are awarded by the Perry County ASAP to support activities of organizations,schools and other stakeholders in Perry County designed to promote the vision of the Perry County ASAP. This vision is that Perry County will be a community free from the abuse of alcohol,tobacco and other drugs and their related consequences and will be committed to embracing healthy lifestyles. Maximum grant award will be $500 per project. Forms for applying for the mini-grants are on the web-site.

The Perry County Agency for Substance Policy vision is that Perry County will be a community free from the abuse of alcohol,tobacco, and other drugs and their related consequences and committed to embracing healthy life styles.

The Perry County UNITE Coalition also works with and helps to support the activities of the local high school anti-drug clubs: Commodores Against Substance Abuse (CASA), Londa Melton Sponsor; and Buckhorn Against Drugs (BAD), Denise Colwell, Sponsor.

The Hazard Community and Technical College UNITE Coaltion works with students,faculty and staff to provide drug prevention and education opportunities. For more information contact Helen Brunty at 606-487-3077 or hctcunited@yahoo.com .

Here is list of the top nine reasons that college students should not abuse drugs (presented by hctcunited)

1. The high is a lie.

2. Drug use is not cool.

3. The morning after arrives eventually.

4. Alcohol and drug abuse leads to bad grades.

5. Abusing drugs makes you forget where you put your books.

6. It is impossible to take notes that make sense if you are high.

7. My choices of colleges are limited in jail or prison.

8. Drugs cause you to lose everything: family,friends, job and life.

9. Dead students do not learn anything.