February 24, 2022

Safe Medicine Disposal

As a result of the COVID-19 quarantine, teens have access to unsecured medicine cabinets 24/7. 70% of teens state that they obtain addictive prescription pills from their home medicine cabinets. We still have an ongoing opioid and prescription misuse crisis. According to njcares.gov, 6,000 people passed away from overdoses from January 2018 – December 2019. In January 2020, 279 people died in New Jersey – 9 families per day are...

Athletes & Opioids: Safeguard your team with policies and best practices

20 Jan 2020 |

Topic: Resources, Youth

Program Goal TOP (Tackling Opioids through Prevention) for Athletes is intended to help raise awareness of opioid use among student athletes, and to provide evidence-based information to strengthen policies and...

Prescription opioid use among seniors

05 Sep 2019 |

Nationwide and locally, marked attention is given to the "opiate challenge," which is a serious public health problem, an epidemic. With regard to seniors, concerns focus on (1) high rates...

A Simple Reason So Many Older Americans Are Overdosing on Opioids

01 Aug 2019 |

A recent poll suggests many doctors aren't warning elderly patients of the risks when prescribing painkillers. As the body ages, it often aches. In the United States, 81 percent of adults over...

Medicare Going In ‘Right Direction’ On Opioid Epidemic

31 Jul 2019 |

Prescriptions for two drugs used to treat opioid addiction increased significantly from 2016 to 2018 for people on Medicare, according to a federal report out Wednesday. About 174,000 Medicare beneficiaries received such...

What new opioid laws mean for pain relief

25 Jul 2019 |

Overdoses of powerful painkillers called opioids kill more than 115 people per day in the United States. More than 42,000 people died from opioids in 2016, five times more than...

Teaching Patients to Regulate Emotions May Ease Chronic Pain

18 Jul 2019 |

MILWAUKEE - A novel primary care-based behavioral intervention designed to recalibrate the negative emotions that can perpetuate chronic pain is beneficial for older adults with varying levels of cognitive function,...

In A Split Second

27 Sep 2013 |

Split second decisions change the lives of many when it comes to choices with alcohol, driving and prescription drugs.

Pills to Heroin

30 Jul 2013 |

Devastating effects and journey of Prescription drug abuse and the move to Heroin. Effects all ages. Documentary describes what can be done to help prevent this problem.

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