prescription drugs

ASAP Coalition: Preventing Rx Drug Abuse Success Story

Shane Davison / What's Trending / oxycontin, prescription drugs, prevention /

September 11, 2015

One community in rural Maine struggled with prescription drug abuse, so they formed the Aroostook Substance Abuse Prevention (ASAP) Coalition and used a comprehensive approach to address prescription drug abuse in their community. Watch their story. Download CADCA’s Online Rx Abuse Prevention Toolkit for facts, strategies and tools to prevent and reduce Rx abuse in […]

Over 250 Attend “The Perfect Storm”

Shane Davison / What's Trending / prescription drugs, prevention /

April 20, 2015

Over 250 people turned out at the Pearl River Hilton on April 15 for Wellcore’s event “The Perfect Storm,” to learn about the prescription drug epidemic in our area. Attendees heard from Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jay Flaherty of the Drug Enforcement Administration, and a panel that included Adolescent and Addiction Specialist Ellen Elias, […]