County Awarded Grant to Aid in Efforts to Reduce Opiates Addiction

County awarded grant to aid in efforts to reduce opiates addiction
The plan unites local elected officials, law enforcement, health care providers, and alcohol and other drug abuse (AODA) prevention community members to develop strategies to reduce addiction. Recent efforts have included reducing inappropriate access … Read more on hngnews.com

Is Online Video Prevention and Recovery for Addicts Just Around the Corner?
While we have made much progress in the area of prevention and treatment, many will not stop their substance abuse until they "hit bottom" – jail, chronic relapse or death. The membership in "anonymous" groups such as AA, NA and EA (Eater's Anonymous) … Read more on NJ.com (blog)

Dane County awarded 000 grant to help reduce opiate addiction
The grant will also be used to unite elected officials, law enforcement, alcohol and drug abuse prevention community members, and health care providers in developing strategies that could reduce addiction to opiates. "The heroin problem has incurred … Read more on 77Square.com

MSU awarded M grant for juvenile justice project
Mississippi State University has received a $ 2 million research grant to study ways to provide juveniles in the state with substance-abuse prevention and treatment programs. The study will be conducted at 12 sites in Mississippi. Mississippi State is … Read more on Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention
At the 2011 National 4-H Conference hundreds of youth from across the country came together to discuss issues and topics they were interested in affecting. I…