To view the paper click here. Studies show the cost of substance misuse in the U.S. is over $500 Billion dollars. These figures include the impact of tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drug use and include resource and productivity costs. Two local anti-drug coalitions were interested in finding out how much substance misuse costs the local taxpayer…

Guest column series by Scott Fitzpatrick, Dipl.O.M., RES The treatment of pain is one of the most challenging specialties in medicine; one that includes many difficult choices.  Over 50 million cases of pain-related visits to health care professionals are reported annually.  For this initial exploration, the complexities are too numerous to list, but can be…

Thank you to the teachers and school administrators who attended the in-service training today. The slides from today’s presentation are available here: CHS In-Service 2014.

  All proceeds from the Red Ribbon Rivalry support drug prevention in Anderson County.  Thanks for your support! RRR 1 Ribbon $1.05 USD 10 Ribbons $10.50 USD 25 Ribbons $26.25 USD To Support: ACHS CHS ORHS ASAP-no school designation   Allies for Substance Abuse Prevention (ASAP) of Anderson County is beginning the 2016 Red Ribbon…

ASAP is pleased to announce the first ever Anderson County Ally of the Year Award.  Candidates for the award were nominated by community members for their passion for creating a healthy and productive Anderson County and are united by one goal: to use their leadership, influence and communication skills to raise funds to help prevent…

 Tobacco use remains the single largest preventable cause of death and disease in the United States. Cigarette smoking kills more than 480,000 Americans each year, with more than 41,000 of these deaths from exposure to secondhand smoke (1). Globally, 1 person dies every 6 seconds from a tobacco-related disease (2). Please take a moment to…