Attorney General Gentner Drummond today announced the launch of Oklahoma READY, a statewide opioid abatement initiative aimed at equipping students with the tools to avoid substance use before it starts.
Oklahoma READY, which stands for Resilience, Education, Awareness, Decision-Making for Youth, provides Botvin LifeSkills Training curriculum to Oklahoma schools at no cost. Students learn to refuse opioids, unauthorized prescription medications and other substances while building decision-making, communication and coping skills that support resilience and long-term success.
'We can't prosecute our way out of the opioid crisis. We must raise a generation that never gets pulled into it in the first place,' said Drummond. 'Oklahoma READY gives our schools a proven tool to build that resilience early, and it doesn't cost districts a dime to bring it into their classrooms.'
