CHASCo September 2022 Membership Meeting

Please join us for an in-person CHASCo Meeting on Friday, September 23, 2022. This meeting will take place at the TN Board of Regents Office (Middle, TN) and is scheduled from 11:00-2:00pm Central Time. Lunch will be provided.

CHASCo members are encouraged to invite colleagues who may be interested. All are welcome to join us. Click here to register. CHASCo will not be able to provide travel accommodations for this meeting. 

Professional Development: Let's Talk About Cannabis: Trends, Risks, & Prevention

With the legalization of cannabis products across the country, more and more marijuana derivatives—like CBD—are popping up in products from vapes and e-cigarettes to wellness products like lotions. The latest cannabis compound to surge in popularity is Delta-8. Kristina Clark with KM Clarke Consulting will join us to talk about trends, risks and prevention efforts that are taking place across the state. We will also share tools and resources specific to addressing cannabis in a higher education setting. 

Learning Objectives:

• Learn about cannabis products including Delta 8 and its chemical make up and effects on the body
• Examine the wide variety of products available and how they are ingested
• Discuss how to engage their coalition members in assessing the local landscape
• Explore strategies to address local conditions

Presenter Biography: Kristina Clark is the President and Founder of KM Clark Consulting Group, a consulting company dedicated to developing and sustaining non-profits. Kristina Clark served as the Executive Director of the Coffee County Anti-Drug Coalition from 2007-2016. Ms. Clark has dedicated herself to non-profit work since graduating from Middle Tennessee State University in May of 2006 with a Bachelor’s of Science in psychology and minors in mental services and sociology. Before serving as the Coalition Executive Director, Kristina held positions as a domestic violence court advocate and in home counselor for at risk youth. In 2012, Ms. Clark earned her Certified Prevention Specialist II and now trains on a national level as a trainer for the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America’s (CADCA) National Coalition Academy. She also trains nationally on the prevention of alcohol and drug abuse as well as non-profit management and capacity building. 

Under her leadership the Coalition achieved several awards and grants including Drug Free Communities funding (Years 1-10), the National Got Outcomes! Coalition in Focus award 2013, Tennessee Department of Health’s Injury Prevention award 2012 and a 2014 Patriotic Employer Award from the Office of the Secretary of Defense Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve . With community collaboration and staff team work, Ms. Clark has been able to achieve community level change regarding substance abuse behaviors on a county wide scale including successfully advocating for local and state policy change. As an advocate for diversifying funds for non-profit sustainability, Ms. Clark lead her community coalition in trademarking and marketing a successful comprehensive prescription drug prevention campaign, Count it! Lock it! Drop it!® which will provide the non-profit foundation money for the future as well as assist counties throughout the country in reducing prescription drug abuse. Kristina Clark is also an executive board member for the Prevention Alliance of Tennessee, a statewide prevention legislation advocacy organization.

Kristina Clark was raised throughout the United States as a proud Air Force brat. Ms. Clark has now made Tennessee home base with her husband and best friend Michael Clark, their black lab Sammie “Trainwreck” Clark, beautiful toddler Michael Joseph and baby Julian William.