Registration is open to attend the AAA Texas Summit on the 4Ds of Driving: Distracted, Drunk, Drugged and Drowsy on Tuesday, September 18, 2018, 10 am to 3 pm at Palmer Events Center at 900 Barton Springs Road, Austin.  This event is free and lunch will be provided. Law enforcement … Continue to full story .......

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Texas doctor who found son overdosed urges action on opioid crisis during hearing at Capitol

Aug. 8, 2018 — AUSTIN (KXAN) —  “Our family suffered the loss of our son, he was 21 years old,” Dr. Rudy Morales Urby said. “We lost him to this opioid crisis. So it’s a very personal issue for us, but it’s also a professional issue.”  Lawmakers got an earfulContinue to full story .......

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CAN 2018 Deliberative Dialogue Topic: What should we do about the Opioid epidemic?

CAN, the Community Advancement Network, in partnership with iACT, will host a series of Deliberative Dialogues in 2018 focused on the issue of how to address the Opioid epidemic. Drub abuse, a problem the Unites States has faced for decades, has taken a sharp and lethal turn with the

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Number of pregnant women addicted to opioids soared over 15 years, CDC says

Across the country, the number of pregnant women addicted to opioids more than quadrupled from 1999 to 2014, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  The analysis, published in CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, found increasing numbers of opioid use in pregnant women in all 28

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Reframing Adolescent Substance Use and Its Prevention

Efforts to build public awareness of the factors that can prevent or mitigate adolescent substance abuse as well as support for evidence-based interventions should include appeals to moral responsibility and an explanation of the harmful effects of substance use on adolescents, a report from the Frame Works Institute suggests.

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Travis County opioid recovery program leading addicts to sobriety

August 3, 2018 – Spectrum News –  A pilot program in Travis County is helping recovering opioid addicts, and has a success rate higher than the national average.  For 34-year-old Ryan Bell, the road to recovery has been years in the making. He started using drugs when he was 16

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Austin to get new downtown sobriety center with soft-opening starting Aug. 23.

August 5, 2018 – Statesman.Com — The Austin-Travis County Sobering Center will open for limited hours in late August before it officially launches in October, Executive Director Rhonda Patrick says.   The Austin-Travis County Sobering Center will open its doors on a limited basis in late August before it officially launches … Continue to full story .......

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Statesman Commentary: There’s not just one opioid crisis in Texas. There’s many

July 27, 2018 – Statesman.com — Could the heavy media coverage of the national opioid epidemic be drawing attention and resources away from chronic mortality associated with other drugs of abuse? Recent news articles — like “We are not immune: how the opioid crisis is hitting central Texas,” published by … Continue to full story .......

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TCYSAPC to meet on Aug 21 at LifeWorks

Travis County Youth Substance Abuse Prevention CoalitionYSAPC will meet on August 21 from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm at the LifeWorks East Site, 835 N. Pleasant Valley Rd.  Agenda includes:  Joseph Dias who will present on dually diagnosed adolescents, trauma response and affect and how the ACEs can very much dictate the social-emotional tendency to invite … Continue to full story .......

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How To Treat the Growing Problem of Childhood Anxiety, try cognitive-behavioral therapy

Whether it’s feeling nervous to attend a new school, afraid of a scary looking bug, or scared of the dark, most children experience some form of anxiety. But up to one in three children experience more severe anxiety that affects their ability to learn and socialize.

Children with

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Are There Any Alternatives When A Physician Offers My Child Opioids for Pain?

Whether your child has struggled with opioid dependence or other substance use issues previously, or whether you’re just concerned about the current opioid crisis, there’s good reason to want your son or daughter’s pain to be managed – if possible – by something other than prescription opioid pills.  Eventually,

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TCYSAPC Opioid Community of Care Year One Update

The Travis County Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition in partnership with Cardea announced first year update to their grant to prevent prescription and non-prescription opioid misuse among girls including webinars, webcasts and interviews with healthcare professionals and local media.

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