The boards of county commissioners of the several counties and the governing bodies of municipalities are authorized to:

(1) Create and operate programs for alerting area citizens to the present incidence, causes and nature of misuse and abuse of drugs, including alcohol, and substances and their effects;

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(2) Create and apply broad, coordinated, and effective remedial programs to reduce the drug misuse and abuse problem, including preventive and rehabilitative countermeasures to the drug misuse and abuse problem;

(3) Institute both preventive and rehabilitative community programs among youth and adult groups; and

(4) Contribute sums of money annually to establish, promote, and support nonprofit organizations engaged in preventive or rehabilitative community programs among youth or adult groups.

Source: SL 1973, ch 262.