To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Cannabis School-Based Education Program Report
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ACCEPT the annual report from Contra Costa Health (CCH) with updates on the implementation of the cannabis school-based education program for Fiscal Year 23/24 by the Contra Costa Office of Education Tobacco Use and Prevention Education Program (TUPE).
CONSIDER directing continued funding for TUPE cannabis school-based education program efforts and extend the contract period through June 30, 2026 for a total payment limit of $191,821 per fiscal year and no less than $330,000 for two years of program funding.
CONSIDER directing CCH to continue to support TUPE's cannabis school-based education program to ensure successful implementation and designate Alcohol and Other Drug Services (AODS) as the department responsible for contract development.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This action will result in Fiscal Year (FY) 24/25 and FY 25/26 appropriation and revenue adjustments of up to $191,821 per year in Cannabis Tax Revenue funds. There is no impact to the County General Fund.
BACKGROUND:
Following the voter approved Proposition 64 (Prop 64), which legalized adult recreational use of marijuana, there have been several actions taken by the Board of Supervisors intended to regulate commercial activity?of cannabis in the unincorporated areas of the County. Such efforts are in place to protect youth from exposure to and use of an emerging line of tobacco and cannabis products that are harmful to youth. Post legalization of cannabis for recreational use, there has been?a?dramatic increase in?the?use of tobacco/cannabis vaping products by youth. Some of the actions taken by the Board included the adoption of the Cannabis Land Use Ordinance to regulate commercial cannabis activities and personal cannabis?cultivation in the unincorporated areas of the county alo...
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