National Institute on Aging
Prevention Providers & Educators
Prescription Drug Abuse: Older Adults
National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2014 Persons aged 65 years and older comprise only 13 percent of the population, yet account for more than one-third of total outpatient spending on prescription medications in the United States. Older patients are more likely to be...
Juggling Multiple Medications? What You Can Do to Stay Safe
National Council on Patient Information and Education, 2011 If you are like most people over 65, you’re taking several different medications every day. You probably also see several healthcare professionals, manage at least one chronic condition and use more than one...
DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back
Drug Enforcement Administration, 2015 DEA Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg today announced that the 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time in every state but Pennsylvania and Delaware, where the event...
The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progress
Surgeon General, 2014 Fifty years after the release of the first Surgeon General’s report warning of the health hazards of smoking, we have learned how to end the tobacco epidemic. Over the past five decades, scientists, researchers and policy makers have determined...
CSAP Strategies
The CSAP Strategies are methods or mechanisms of substance abuse prevention delivery. All six strategies are met under the MOD.
States and Municipalities with Laws Regulating Use of Electronic Cigarettes
American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation, 2015 This list includes states and municipalities with laws currently in effect that regulate where use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) is prohibited. E-cigarettes are battery-powered devices that are designed to mimic...
Start Here Go Big Posters
Ponaganset High School and Citizens and Students Together, 2015 Posters from the Asset Building Campaign at Ponaganset High School.
Growing drug problem at Smithfield High School raises alarms but not funding
The Smithfield Times, Inc., 2015 Substance abuse among teenagers exists in every community and is creating a public health problem of epidemic proportions in Rhode Island. Whether rich or poor, teens under the age of 18 are using alcohol and illicit drugs to get...
What’s the Prescription? Strategies and Interventions to Prevent the Non-Medical Use of Prescription Drugs
Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), 2013 This is the second webinar in a two-part series that offers PFS II grantees a chance to explore current research on the non-medical use of prescription drugs, and implications for the implementation...