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Full-Time College Students Less Likely to Use Synthetic Cannabinoids or Cathinones Than Other Young Adults
Full-Time College Students Less Likely to Use Synthetic Cannabinoids or Cathinones Than Other Young Adults Our education system has always encouraged post-secondary education, but new data suggest this effort is far more important than we once thought. Young adults not in college are more than twice as likely to report using synthetic cannabinoids or synthetic…
DFC National Evaluation Shows Support for Funding Community-Based Coalitions
From the Director, By Stephanie A. Strutner, MPH, Executive Director As most of you are aware, ASAP of Anderson County is funded in part through a Drug Free Communities (DFC) Support Program (administered by the Office of National Drug Control Policy with support from Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration). Since the Drug Free Communities Act…
October is National Substance Abuse Prevention Month
From www.WhiteHouse.gov: In 2011, President Obama issued the first-ever Presidential Proclamation designating October as National Substance Abuse Prevention Month. The tradition will continue in 2013, as parents, youth, schools, businesses, and community leaders across the country join in this month long observance of the role that substance misuse prevention plays in promoting safe and healthy…
Underage Drinking Task Force Being Established
Allies for Substance Abuse Prevention (ASAP) of Anderson County works with the community, local alcohol outlets, law enforcement, government officials and beer boards to prevent and reduce underage drinking in Anderson County. To better accomplish this goal and to facilitate a better working relationship between business, law enforcement, government officials and beer boards, an Underage…
Call to Action!
Urgent Alert: Ensure ATOD Prevention/Data Collection in New Education Reauthorization Act September 11, 2013 BACKGROUND Historically the funding for school based alcohol, tobacco and other drug prevention has been authorized as the Safe and Drug Free Schools program, which is included in Title IV (A) of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law. Congress is…
“Ask a Pharmacist” Lunch-and-Learn Held at Senior Center
On Friday, August 30, 2013, in collaboration with the Oak Ridge Senior Center, the South College School of Pharmacy and the Oak Ridge Police Department, ASAP hosted “Ask a Pharmacist,” a lunch-and-learn event and medicine take-back at the Oak Ridge Senior Center. Eighteen seniors listened to Dr. Mike O’Neil from the South College School of…