About Substance Abuse Prevention Services

Through the eyes of a visionary pediatrician, Jonnie McLeod, the challenge of preventing drug abuse was presented in 1971. With support from the Junior League of Charlotte, Substance Abuse Prevention Services was established as the Charlotte Drug Education Center. Our organization has defined prevention for the nation through community intervention and science-based educational programs. The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) definition is "a process that empowers individuals to meet the challenges of life by creating and reinforcing healthy behavior and lifestyles and by reducing the risks that contribute to alcohol, tobacco and other drug misuse and abuse." Prevention Services has trained personnel to deliver prevention programs in 21 states.

Substance Abuse Prevention Services is a private, non-profit agency, established in 1971, whose goal is to provide a better understanding of substance abuse through prevention, education, and research. Our staff works with all ages in all stages of life. We deliver direct services to the public; conduct accredited trainings and maintain one of the nation's longest running longitudinal studies relative to youth drug use. SAPS is now a United Way Agency.

Substance Abuse Prevention Services Staff

Substance Abuse Prevention Services professional staff are highly skilled and prepared to deliver talks, programs, and referrals on prevention related topics. We serve youth, teachers, parents, community leaders and other professionals.

Staff Members

Board of Directors

Privacy Policy

Substance Abuse Prevention Services is committed to honoring the privacy and the wishes of our supporters at all times. We collect and maintain only personal information that is specifically and knowledgeably provided to us by individuals or their companies. SAPS will never rent, exchange or sell information on our contributors. We will only share personally identifiable information with a third party if we are required to by law. It is necessary for completing an authorized operation, for instance to process a credit card transaction, or if the person submitting the information asks that it be shared. We do maintain records on our contributors, which we regard as private and confidential and store securely with access limited to authorized staff.

There are opportunities within the website to provide SAPS with contact information, such as your email requesting information or an inquiry about volunteering. If you provide us with this information, we may contact you for additional information or send you updates about how donations are being put to use in our community, such as our newsletter. You can contact us to restrict our use of your contact information at any time.

In addition, like almost all websites, we do collect broad, general statistical information about how visitors use our site, such as how often each page is visited, for the purpose of creating a better site for our community. We do not collect information on individual visits to the site without the expressed permission of the user.

There are links to other websites throughout our site for the purpose of providing more useful and complete information to our visitors. We do not take responsibility for the contents or privacy practices of any website other than our own

If you have any questions about our privacy policies, please contact us.