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28 Sep What an 1864 Epidemic and Today’s Substance Abuse Prevention Have In Common

Posted at 20:47h in Blog, Substance Abuse Prevention

By Nathan Grounds Substance Abuse Prevention Month This October marks the 10th annual National Substance Abuse Prevention Month, a designation designed to honor those who have lost their lives to substance abuse and to highlight the significance of prevention efforts nationwide. Substance misuse is not something foreign to...

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National Drugs and Alcohol Facts Week Prescription Drug Abuse

01 Apr National Drugs & Alcohol Facts Week: Prescription Drug Abuse

Posted at 06:00h in Blog, Substance Abuse Prevention

On day three of National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week, let’s talk about prescription drug abuse. Prescription drug abuse, particularly opioid abuse, has had a devastating impact on this country for the last few years. While the US has made strides in addressing the issue, we...

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National Drugs and Alcohol Facts Week Vaping

31 Mar National Drugs & Alcohol Facts Week: Vaping

Posted at 06:00h in Blog, Substance Abuse Prevention

Today is Day 2 of National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week. Today let’s talk about vaping and its potential complications with the COVID-19 pandemic. Top priority for everyone right now is not only preventing the spread of the coronavirus to other people but keeping ourselves and...

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Five Dirty Secrets Vape Companies Don’t Want You to Know

25 Mar Five Dirty Secrets Vape Companies Don’t Want You to Know

Posted at 17:22h in Blog, Substance Abuse Prevention

E-cigarette companies were just spreading their wings a decade ago but have recently grown at a furious pace. According to the BBC, the global market for vaping has increased 280% from 2014 to 2019. This rapid growth has left US lawmakers and regulators lagging behind...

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Why and how to talk to your kids about vaping

19 Mar Why and how to talk to your kids about vaping

Posted at 18:06h in Blog, Substance Abuse Prevention

If ever there was a situation fitting of comparison to “Pandora’s box,” it’s where the country is with e-cigarettes. E-cigarettes, or vapes, were originally created to be a device that could still deliver the nicotine to someone with a smoking addiction, without all the known carcinogens...

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26 Feb From Criminal to Clinical | Part 2, Rethinking Addiction

Posted at 17:38h in Blog, Substance Abuse Prevention

By Nathan Grounds In our previous blog post, we gave a cursory summary of the War on Drugs and revealed its failure to curb the American drug epidemic. In this post we’ll discuss the modern approach to addiction, which holds great potential in actually helping people...

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26 Feb From Criminal to Clinical | Part 1, Mission Failure: Why the War on Drugs Needs a New Strategy

Posted at 17:38h in Blog, Substance Abuse Prevention

By Nathan Grounds I was 7 years old when Toy Story hit theaters. Although I was old enough to know better, the portrayal of walking, talking toys reinvigorated my imagination. I soon found myself speaking to my toys and keeping them on clean, open shelves (rather...

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13 May 2019 National Prevention Week – Preventing Prescription and Opioid Drug Misuse

Posted at 18:50h in Blog, Substance Abuse Prevention

Opioid abuse and overdose has become the defining public health crisis of our time. On average, 130 Americans die every day of opioid overdose, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. This week is the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) National Prevention...

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06 Mar What Is a Prescription Drug Disposal Pouch?

Posted at 22:58h in Blog, Substance Abuse Prevention

It’s a simple idea: When there are fewer drugs in medicine cabinets, people are less likely to abuse them. That’s the thought behind prescription drug disposal tactics such as disposal boxes (click here for a list of locations in East Texas where you can dispose of your...

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06 Mar Free Envelopes to Reduce Opioid Risk from The National Safety Council

Posted at 21:02h in Blog, Substance Abuse Prevention

The National Safety Council is providing a new way for residents to dispose of their prescription drugs for free. At this website, you can order a special envelope to mail your leftover prescription drugs to a company that is approved by the Drug Enforcement Agency and...

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