… To our Travis County Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition (TCYSAPC) family, membership, and community: TCYSAPC has been working with Kids Living Well (KLW) for the past year and this partnership has been one that has brought about a tremendous amount of good to the community. For all future endeavors, the 2 coalitions will no longer operate separately but will merge. Kids Living Well incorporates a whole health approach to address youth substance use prevention in our community. We are excited about this transition. To learn more, please visit: https://kidslivingwell.org/.
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This is America on drugs: A visual guide
Oct 14, 2016 — CNN — In modern history, few things have caused such a sharp spike in US deaths as drug overdoses. Drugs are the leading cause of accidental death in this country. Fatal overdoses surpassed shooting deaths and fatal traffic accidents years ago.
For perspective on how
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Austin Recovery Appoints New Executive Director
Sept. 20, 2016 – Austin Recovery (AR), the city’s longest serving provider of addiction recovery services, today appointed one of its own to its top leadership post. Laura Sovine, LMSW-AP, will take the helm of the non-profit agency as executive director effective.
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Travis County Juvenile Probation hosting Service Provider Fair on July 15, 2016
The Travis County Juvenile Probation Department is hosting a Service Provider Fair. We would like to extend an invitation to participate in our fair on Friday, July 15, 2016, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Travis County Juvenile Probation Department. There are no registrations or attendance fees associated … Continue to full story .......
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Travis County Plan for Substance Use Disorders
Travis County Plan for Substance Use Disorders:
Travis County Plan for Substance Use Disorders – 2015
– Education
– Prevention
– Recovery
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Undercover deputies charge Euphoria Fest visitors with drug possession
April 13, 2016 – American-Statesman — Seven people attending an Austin music festival last weekend were charged with possessing drugs including marijuana, psychedelic mushrooms, MDMA (also known as Molly), LSD, ketamine, cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin. The Euphoria Fest took place from Thursday to Sunday at Carson Creek Ranch, just outside … Continue to full story .......
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YSAPC Monthly meeeting, April 5th, 3:30-5 pm at Lifeworks
A reminder that the Travis County Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition is meeting the first Tuesday of April.
When: April 5, 2016
Time: 3:30-5pm
Location: LifeWorks East Site, 835 N. Pleasant Valley Rd.
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NIH releases summary of research on early childhood risk and protective factors
March 09, 2016 — An online guide about interventions in early childhood that can help prevent drug use and other unhealthy behaviors was launched today by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health.
The guide offers research-based principles that affect a child’s
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Collegian abuse of Adderall rises 67 percent
Feb. 29, 2016–The DailyItem.Com — More and more, college students hope to focus better on studying by taking a drug used to treat attention deficit disorder. But the drug, a stimulant called Adderall, is addictive, and some professionals suggest it can lead to use of harder drugs. Dr. Margaret Jarvis,
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March 1, 2016 Meeting
When: Tuesday, March 1, 2016,
Time: 3:30-5:00 pm
Location: LifeWorks East
Agenda Items:
Nominations for YSAPC Secretary
Updates on Drug Free Communities (DFC) Grant
– Application Process
– Narrative
– Action Plan
– Sector Representation
– Budget
presented by Executive Committee, Sam Woollard and Kelly Nichols
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Guide-for-Policymakers: Prevention, Early Treatment of Risky Substance Use and Addiction
PREVENTION EARLY INTERVENTION AND TREATMENT OF RISKY SUBSTANCE USE AND ADDICTIONGuide-for-policymakers… Continue to full story .......
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