Prevention meeting highlights drug use, new disposal tools

Around noon Nov. 4, about 15 different stakeholders gathered in the Platte Valley Community Center (PVCC) for pulled-pork sandwiches and some serious talk. The meeting was a strategy and implementation session arranged by the Prevention Management Organization of Wyoming (PMOW), a public health group.

Representatives from law enforcement, medical providers, local businesses, community organizations and area religious groups were present for the powwow, which lasted about two hours. Discussion centered on 2,600 drug disposal bags acquired by PMOW, a worsening methamphetamine problem in the V...