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Missed the webinar: Supporting Conversations with Parents and Youth?
The recording is now available by request.
The webinar covers how to use Let’s Talk Cannabis Oregon materials to support prevention conversations with parents, caregivers, and youth. A companion toolkit with practical tips, sample language, and strategies for strengthening parent–teen conversations about cannabis and other substance use risks is also available. We are encouraging all organizations that work with families to use Let’s Talk Cannabis materials as a resource to prevent youth substance use.
This webinar is designed for youth- and family-serving providers, including educators, school counselors, nurses, prevention specialists, community-based organizations, coalitions, and other partners who work with families.
Participants will learn how to use Let's Talk materials strategically, adapt messages for local communities, and support parent-teen conversations about cannabis, opioid misuse, and other substance use risks.
The training will also introduce practical behavior-change strategies that providers can use to strengthen prevention messaging, increase resource visibility, and activate trusted messengers across school and community
Learn strategies to engage partners and strengthen community-driven prevention efforts. Topics include: community readiness, coalition-building, stakeholder engagement, inclusive collaboration, and sustainability.
December 9-11, 2026
Newport, OR
Nigel Wranagham
Nigel Wrangham has been a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor since 2000. He’s been a preschool teacher, counselor for federal prisoners on parole, and a freelance illustrator. When he worked in Uganda studying wild chimpanzees, he taught forest conservation to young people in local villages. He has served as the National Youth Coordinator for Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), and is a certified Master Level Trainer for CADCA, where he develops curriculum and mentors young trainers in prevention and public health. His passion is supporting young people to build the equitable, just, and healthy society they deserve. He works with groups across the United States, sharing skills in prevention, social justice, brain development, and youth leadership.
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