NEWS AND MEDIA RELEASES
This page presents news updates surrounding issues of substance abuse at a local, state, and federal levels and also news items that are One Care specific.
ONE CARE
07/17/2011 WDBJ 7 NEWS: “The nation's fastest growing drug problem
Healthcare providers gathered in the NRV to tackle prescription drug abuse”
01/28/2011 MSV and coalition to partner with One Care to fight substance abuse
LOCAL
08/2010 SAFE Survey Report: Underage Drinking through the Eyes of Teens and Parents
06/23/2010 Andy’s Market owner destroys Love Roses crack pipes
06/21/2010 Nothing says I love you like a crack pipe
04/07/2010 Ways to improve our local health by Dr. John Dreyzehner - PDF
04/27/2009 46 Health Care Professionals Linked To Substance Abuse
12/2004 Officers Elected to Lead "One Care"
12/2004 "One Care" Applies Technology to Delivery of Human and Health Services
10/2003 "One Care" Receives $100,000 Challenge Grant From Purdue Pharma to Help Jump-Start Health Care Program
STATE
VIRGINIA
02/21/2011 Veterans Journal: VA and HUD issue first-ever report on homeless veterans
02/08/2011 Sen. Webb asks for 13 counties in SW Virginia to be included in drug program.
02/02/2011 Bob McDonnell's second attempt to get Virginia out of the liquor business is dead, without legislators ever voting to kill it.
02/01/2011 Gov. Bob McDonnell announces the “College Campus Safety and Violence Prevention Public Service Announcement Challenge" for college students. Deadline is April 30.
10/15/2010 Parent Substance Abuse and Foster Care Entry by Region in Virginia
02/08/2011 Pretend pot walks thin legal line [poll]
09/20/2010 Governor McDonnell Encourages Virginians to Participate in First-Ever National Take-Back Day on September 25th. Local Communities to Provide Safe Collection and Disposal of Unused, Unwanted or Expired Medications
09/11/2010 Synthetic marijuana available in stores
06/13/2010 Doctor: Veterans get hooked, not healed, at VA hospital
02/02/2010 Delegate Bud Phillips’ prescription drug bill passes subcommittee – PDF
OTHER STATES
03/21/2011 Calls Increase to Poison Control on Bath Salts (West Virginia)
02/28/2011 Marijuana Bills Run the Gamut from Legalization to Repeal
02/25/2011 Summit focuses on W.Va.'s prescription drug abuse
02/21/2011 West Virginia-Census Estimates 1 in 4 US Counties Are Dying
02/06/2011 Oxycontin thieves have New York pharmacies on edge.
02/03/2011 Kentucky Meth Bill is being pushed by U.S. Congressman Harold “Hal” Rogers and more than 400 ralliers.
03/11/2010 Bill seeks to curb illegal drug activity from out-of-state “pill mills” - PDF
FEDERAL
05/24/2011 Anheuser-Busch to Cut Alcohol in Tilt Alcopop
05/17/2011 “Steroids for School” College students get hooked on “smart drugs”
05/06/2011 The Prescription Drug Epidemic: A Federal Judge’s Perspective
04/21/2011 18 Attorney Generals Address Colt 45 Alcopop by writing letter to chairman of Pabst Brewing Company
04/19/2011 US aims at its deadliest drug problem: painkillers
04/05/2011 Doctor-Patient Painkiller Contracts Gain Popularity
03/01/2011 Federal Anti-Drug Campaign Reduces Teen Marijuana Use
02/28/2011 CDC Video: Prescription Drug Overdoses: An American Epidemic
02/28/2011 Drug Court Tests Recovery App for Smartphones
02/24/2011 Should Medicare Cover Alcohol Screening and Counseling?
02/23/2011 WHO Says Alcohol an Overlooked Killer, Calls for More Action
02/23/2011 White House Drug Policy Director Kerlikowske on National Institutes of Health Study Regarding effectiveness of National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign
02/23/2011 Ignition Interlocks- A Proven Means for Preventing Impaired Driving Re-Arrests
02/21/2011 Nearly Half of US Kids Get Booze From Home
02/21/2011 Census Estimates 1 in 4 US Counties Are Dying
02/16/2011 More Employers Saying Smokers Need Not Apply
02/14/2011 Special courts help vets regain discipline, camaraderie by turning to mentors who’ve served
02/01/2011 Less Funding vs Addiction, but More Drugs
02/01/2011 ‘Bath salts’: The new designer drug? (Today Show News Video)
10/15/2010 States linking prescription databases, fight abuse
10/07/2010 Important Message about a new energy/alcohol drink!
Physicians warn of alcohol-energy drink --
Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.
09/23/2010 House Passes NASPER Reauthorization
04/05/2010 Newly approved OxyContin formulation resists tampering, diversion
03/17/2010 Abuse of pain pills by soldiers concerns Pentagon
09/01/2010 The Facts on Marijuana
2000 Rural Teen Drug Use Soars
2010 OxyContin: Background & News Attention Parents and Caregivers: Lock Your Meds!
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