Harm Reduction – Part 2: Overdose Education & Community Naloxone Distribution
Posted on February 8, 2018February 9, 2018 by Katherine Sims One approach to preventing opioid overdose fatalities is to provide overdose education and naloxone distribution (OEND). This is another form of harm reduction intervention.…
Am I Enabling My Child By Helping Them?
February 7, 2018 by The Partnership If your son or daughter is using drugs and alcohol, you may have been told that certain things you do for them are “enabling.” Meanwhile, all you really want…
Pedaling for the Partnership for Drug-Free Kids
January 29, 2018 by Josie Feliz Earlier this month, Nancy and Michael Grogan, along with other cycling enthusiasts, family and friends who believe in the Partnership’s mission, came together for the Second Annual Ride for…
New “Art of Hope” Program with Currier Museum Helps Parents and Families
January 30, 2018 by Josie Feliz The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids is proud to be working with the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, New Hampshire, on an innovative new program to help local parents…
Statement from Partnership for Drug-Free Kids in Response to the President’s State of the Union Address and the Opioid Crisis
January 31, 2018 by Josie Feliz NEW YORK – January 31, 2018 – President Donald Trump delivered the 2018 State of the Union address to the nation last night and offered Congress a detailed plan…
Howland students put ‘Faces’ on opioid epidemic
Lexy Cummins Reporter lcummins@tribtoday.com HOWLAND — Removing items from a brown paper bag, Lama Green displayed to a gymnasium full of students and community members on Tuesday the shoes and clothing her brother was wearing…
‘Life’s tough,’ but drugs no answer, speaker tells students
By Ed Runyan runyan@vindy.com HOWLAND Joe Dragovich started life on Youngstown’s East Side “poor and on welfare.” “Life’s tough. Nobody said it was going to be easy,” Dragovich told students Tuesday at Howland High School…
Overdose deaths set record in Trumbull County
Feb 5, 2017 - Renee Fox An elephant tranquilizer and a Soviet-era warfare agent caused the death of five people out of at least 98 who died from accidental drug overdoses in 2016, according…
Fentanyl, and the Deadlier Carfentanil, Now Outpacing Heroin Sales in Many Areas
The Ohio Substance Abuse Monitoring Network Fentanyl The OSAM Network first picked up on fentanyl as a substitute for heroin in January 2003 when a female heroin-user reported that the "china white" (white powdered heroin)…
Pill Disguised as Xanax Has Killed Nine People in Florida County
March 23, 2017 by Partnership News Service Staff Pills that look like Xanax but contain the powerful opioid fentanyl have been linked to nine deaths in Pinellas County, Florida in recent weeks. The pills are…
Turning the Tide on the Opioid Epidemic
By Marcia Lee These are all-too common scenes appearing in our communities: A mom goes into her daughter’s room and sees her limp on her bed. Blue lips. Not breathing. A friend finds his buddy…
Synthetic Opioid Known as “Pink” Is Legal in Most States
By Partnership News Service Staff November 2nd, 2016 A synthetic opioid known as “pink” is legal in most states, even though it is almost eight times stronger than morphine, CNN reports. The drug, also known…
Addiction a Chronic Disease of the Brain, Not a Character Flaw: Surgeon General
By Partnership News Service Staff August 2nd, 2016 Many people still see addiction as a character flaw instead of a chronic disease of the brain, according to U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy. He told The…
Family Survival Skills in Early Recovery
By Michael Ascher MD and Barry Lessin 03/11/15 10 Early Recovery Tips for Patients and Families Introduction: One of the difficulties confronted in early recovery is expressed by the notion that “trust takes years to…
12 Signs Someone You Love Has a Painkiller Problem
by Lisa Davis on June 24, 2015 in Helping a Loved One, Painkillers and OpioidsComments 1 The numbers are truly alarming: It’s estimated that between 26.4 million and 36 million people worldwide suffer from substance…
Why is addiction a disease? Here’s the brain on heroin
Terry DeMio, tdemio@enquirer.com12:52 p.m. EDT June 24, 2015 Medical science says there is no question: Addiction is a disease. Just consider what happens in the brain, says Dr. Mike "Mina" Kalfas, a certified addiction specialist…
Doctor: Some of the worst impacts of the opioid epidemic go unseen