Michael A. Yokell, ScB, Traci C. Green, MSc, PhD, Sarah Bowman, MPH, Michelle McKenzie, MPH, and Josiah D. Rich, MD, MPH, 2011 This public access manuscript published in 2011 presents an overview and evaluation of a pilot overdose prevention program in Rhode Island....
Prescription Drugs
Opioid Overdose: Preventing and reducing opioid overdose mortality
UN Office on Drugs and Crime and World Health Organization, 2013 This discussion paper outlines the facts about opioid overdose (responsible for 70000 to 100,000 deaths worldwide each year), the actions that can be taken to prevent and treat (reverse) opioid overdose...
Teenage Prescription Drug Abuse
Rhode Island Student Assistance Services 2013 Conference Dr. Michael Fiori's presentation slides: provide an overview of the similarities and differences in adolescent and adult substance abuse and the implications for treatment. Risk factors for substance abuse and...
Prevention Status Report 2013: Prescription Drug Overdose, Rhode Island
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2014 Deaths from prescription drug overdoses, particularly overdoses of prescription painkillers, have skyrocketed over the past decade. CDC and other agencies are working to identify and evaluate interventions to reduce...
The Partnership at DrugFree.Org: Join Together (RSS)
By bringing together renowned scientists, parent, experts, and communications professionals, The Partnership at Drugfree.org translates the science of teen drug use and addiction for families. Join Together continues to deliver current substance abuse and addiction...
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (RSS)
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America’s communities.
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (RSS)
The Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) has been training local grassroots groups, known as community anti-drug coalitions, in effective community problem-solving strategies, teaching them how to assess their local substance abuse-related problems and...
Drug Free Communities Support Program
Office of National Drug Control Policy This federal grant program provides funding to community-based coalitions that organize to prevent youth substance use.
Dying to Try It & Don’t Have Time for Pain
Rhode Island Student Assistance Services 2013 Conference Dr. John Femino's presentation slides: the prevalence of chronic pain in adolescents and adults; the genetic vulnerability and risk for addiction; and public health strategies for prevention, identification and...