Whether it’s feeling nervous to attend a new school, afraid of a scary looking bug, or scared of the dark, most children experience some form of anxiety. But up to one in three children experience more severe anxiety that affects their ability to learn and socialize.
Children with
Whether your child has struggled with opioid dependence or other substance use issues previously, or whether you’re just concerned about the current opioid crisis, there’s good reason to want your son or daughter’s pain to be managed – if possible – by something other than prescription opioid pills. Eventually,
The Travis County Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition in partnership with Cardea announced first year update to their grant to prevent prescription and non-prescription opioid misuse among girls including webinars, webcasts and interviews with healthcare professionals and local media.
The project has accomplished the following in its first year:… Continue to full story .......
Research from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) says the best prevention efforts are:
►Are long-term.
► Use interactive methods and appropriate “booster sessions” to reinforce earlier program lessons and skills.
► Combine two or more effective programs, such as … Continue to full story .......
June 6, 2018 – PARTNERSHIP – Hardly a week goes by without another news article about vaping. In 2014, vaping was selected as Oxford Dictionary’s word of the year, beating out other candidates like “Bae” and “Budtender”. If they were picking a word today, it would more likely be
June 18, 2018 – TIME Health — A new rule requiring tobacco companies to describe their products as “deadly” and “addictive” on their websites went into effect Monday — and more regulations are coming. This comes after a US District Judge said tobacco companies had “violated civil racketeering laws and
June 15, 2018 – (ABC News) – A newly released study of about 15,000 high school students has found that fewer are having sex and fewer are using drugs. The use of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamines, inhalants, hallucinogens or ecstasy declined to 14 percent from 22.6 percent, but 14 percent … Continue to full story .......
This TIP SHEET provides an overview of the opioid crisis, how it affects youth, and what grantees can do about adolescent use. The U.S. opioid crisis is affecting youth of all backgrounds and is not limited to youth of a specific socioeconomic status, race, gender, or geographic location, although the … Continue to full story .......
Every September SAMHSA promotes Recovery Month to increase awareness and understanding of mental health and substance use issues and to celebrate communities. On September 29, 2018 Big Texas Rally for Recovery (BTRR) will gather at La Villita in Downtown San Antonio in support of recovery from alcohol and other substance … Continue to full story .......
June 7, 2018 – NPR – Stores aren’t supposed to sell e-cigarettes to minors, but many high school students have been buying them for years and was never once carded. Public health advocates and officials worry these sales could be an emerging disaster, reversing years of declines in smoking.
June, 7, 2018 – AAS – While the number of people dying from opioids in Travis County isn’t comparable to the deaths tallied in places in the Northeast, the devastating effects of the drugs are being felt locally. From 2006 to 2016 in Travis County, 590 people died from opioid … Continue to full story .......
An alarming increase in the use of a highly toxic and banned pesticide at illegal marijuana farms hidden on public land in California is leading U.S. and state officials to team up on an issue that recently divided them: pot. They announced Tuesday that they will use $2.5 million in … Continue to full story .......
Current Webinars
Past Webinars
Preventing Opioid Misuse Among Girls – Community of Practice (CoP) grant from the Federal Office of Womens Health