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ASAP Joins TN Employees Charitable Campaign
Press Release, Anderson County, TN, August 2018 – ASAP of Anderson was recently accepted into the Tennessee Employees Charitable Campaign. This campaign provides a straightforward way for TN employees to donate to participating charitable organizations. During the 2016 campaign, 1,552 state employees pledged $272,979 in donations to organizations like United Way and NAMI-TN. TN state…
Promoting Safe Driving at the AC Fair
ASAP of Anderson is hosting a 50/50 raffle to raise funds for substance misuse prevention in Anderson Press Release, Anderson County, TN, July 2018 – ASAP of Anderson will be at the Anderson County Fair on July 21st to raise awareness and funds to further its mission to prevent and reduce substance misuse among youth…
ASAP Updates
Join one of our new Event Committees! ASAP Coalition members recently voted to establish a new committee structure for events and fundraisers that ASAP participates in every year. We previously had one committee outside the coalition at-large – the Sustainability Committee, which has now been split in to four new committees. We want to…
Recent Happenings at ASAP
ASAP Volunteer John Kelsey and Staffer Jennifer Burnette with Kim Lay and K9 Al at Drug Awareness Day A lot of fantastic volunteers have given their time to support ASAP events the past couple of months. Since our last newsletter, ASAP has participated in DEA Drug TakeBack Day, the Oak Ridge Health Fair, Secret…
FROM THE DIRECTOR: FDA APPROVES EPIDOLEX®
FDA APPROVES EPIDOLEX®, A PURIFIED FORM OF CBD: HOW IS IT DIFFERENT FROM OTHER CBD PRODUCTS? The last week of June, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Epidolex®, a cannabidiol (CBD) oral solution to treat seizures associated with epilepsy, including Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and Dravet syndrome, for patients two years…
Substance Misuse Bytes
You may have noticed the increasing trend of vape pens and e-cigarettes coming on the market. With increased marketing and availability, often comes increased use, especially among adolescents. Many of you may be thinking, “But, aren’t vape pens just water? Should we be worried about our youth using these instead of tobacco? Isn’t it better…