Long Beach bags $215,000 state grant to prevent cannabis-related car crashes

Long Beach volition proceed its cannabis acquisition program aft the Health and Human Services Department precocious received a $215,000 authorities grant.

The funds volition let the metropolis to support encouraging residents to usage cannabis responsibly and enactment to trim drug-impaired postulation collisions, the metropolis said successful an announcement this week.

“The information of our assemblage is our apical precedence successful Long Beach,” Mayor Robert Garcia said successful a statement. “As we proceed to amended the City’s proscription infrastructure, this assistance volition alteration america to grow existing information acquisition campaigns and promote harmless interactions among roadworthy users to trim postulation related injuries.”

This is the 5th twelvemonth the Health Department has received wealth from the California Office of Traffic Safety to forestall cannabis-related car crashes.

The wealth volition beryllium utilized to summation consciousness and amended precocious schoolhouse and college-aged students connected the dangers of drug-impaired driving. The metropolis volition besides clasp workshops for older adults to summation acquisition connected the effects of cannabis connected driving.

The metropolis besides plans to collaborate with section bars, clubs and cannabis dispensaries to clasp acquisition activities and instrumentality an consciousness run to scope populations that whitethorn beryllium astatine a higher hazard of driving nether the power of cannabis.

And the wealth volition besides money the city’s people and online campaigns.

“The information of our Long Beach assemblage is our apical priority, and everyone tin play a relation to guarantee that Long Beach streets are safe,” Health Director Kelly Colopy said successful a statement. “The efforts funded by OTS let for evidence-based prevention programs to summation consciousness and assistance everyone marque informed decisions to destruct drug-impaired driving successful Long Beach.”

Learn much astir the Long Beach’s cannabis acquisition efforts connected the city’s GreenlightLB website.