ADVOCACY

This page includes information related to the grassroots outreach, public relations, and marketing involved in decreasing substance abuse and related factors and specific substances being misused.

LOCAL

Substance Abuse

• PDC 3 Coalition - The Impact of Substance Abuse: Nationally, in Virginia and the Southwest Region of Virginia
• Southwest Virginia Local Coalition Information
• Stop Substance Abuse.com ASAC Coalition Media Contest Contestant 1 - When Drugs Happen Say No
• Stop Substance Abuse.com ASAC Coalition Media Contest- Contestant 2... Who Cares
• Stop Substance Abuse.com ASAC Coalition Media Contest -Contestant 3 Under the Influence
• Stop Substance Abuse.com ASAC Coalition Media Contest Contestant 4

STATE

Health Care

• Pregnancy Related Death in Virginia, 1999-2003
• MADD: Power of Parenting Handbook: Talking with Teens about Alcohol

Substance Abuse

• Buprenorphine Physician and Treatment Program Locator
• Sen. Webb asks for 13 counties in SW Virginia to be included in drug program.

REGIONAL (Multi-state)

Substance Abuse

• Focus on Substance Abuse in Appalachia

NATIONAL

Domestic Violence

• Domestic Violence and Substance Abuse

Health

• The Most Medicated States
• Renewed effort to lure doctors to rural areas faces obstacles
• What Megatrends in Health Care Mean for the U.S. Agenda - The Conversation - Harvard Business Review

Substance Abuse

• Justin Lookadoo- National Motivational Speaker (video)
• CDC Prescription Drug Overdoses: An American Epidemic
• Statement Regarding Effectiveness of National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign
• Faces of Meth -  Project of the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office
• Addiction: "Drugs, Brains, and Behavior - The Science of Addiction". How Science Has Revolutionized the Understanding of Drug Addiction
• Eye To Eye With Katie Couric: Rx Drug Abuse (CBS News)
• Domestic Violence and Substance Abuse
• The Most Medicated States
• A Flood of Opioids, a Rising Tide of Deaths
• Prescription Drug Abuse: States Link Rx Databases To Watch For Abuse
• Specialized Veterans Treatment Courts, Stemming from regular Drug and Mental Health Courts

ONECARE DRUG OF THE MONTH

• July 2010 Drug of the Month- 2.5 Dimethoxy-4-(n)-Propylthiophenethylamine
• August 2010 Drug of the Month- Hydrocodone
• January 2011 Drug of the Month- Ketamine
• February 2011 Drug of the Month- Heroin
• March 2011 Drug of the Month- Methamphetamine
• April 2011 drug of the Month- Oxycontin

Videos

• CDC Prescription Drug Overdoses: An American Epidemic
• Eye To Eye With Katie Couric: Rx Drug Abuse (CBS News)
• Stop Substance Abuse.com ASAC Coalition Media Contest Contestant 1 - When Drugs Happen Say No
• Stop Substance Abuse.com ASAC Coalition Media Contest- Contestant 2... Who Cares
• Stop Substance Abuse.com ASAC Coalition Media Contest -Contestant 3 Under the Influence
• Stop Substance Abuse.com ASAC Coalition Media Contest Contestant 4

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