Travis County Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition

Research from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) says the best prevention efforts are:
►Are long-term.
► Use interactive methods and appropriate “booster sessions” to reinforce earlier program lessons and skills.
► Combine two or more effective programs, such as … Continue to full story .......

June 15, 2018 – (ABC News) – A newly released study of about 15,000 high school students has found that fewer are having sex and fewer are using drugs.  The use of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamines, inhalants, hallucinogens or ecstasy declined to 14 percent from 22.6 percent, but 14 percent … Continue to full story .......

This TIP SHEET provides an overview of the opioid crisis, how it affects youth, and what grantees can do about adolescent use.  The U.S. opioid crisis is affecting youth of all backgrounds and is not limited to youth of a specific socioeconomic status,  race, gender, or geographic location, although the … Continue to full story .......

Every September SAMHSA promotes Recovery Month to increase awareness and understanding of mental health and substance use issues and to celebrate communities.  On September 29, 2018 Big Texas Rally for Recovery (BTRR) will gather at La Villita in Downtown San Antonio in support of recovery from alcohol and other substance … Continue to full story .......

June 7, 2018 – NPR – Stores aren’t supposed to sell e-cigarettes to minors, but many high school students have been buying them for years and was never once carded.  Public health advocates and officials worry these sales could be an emerging disaster, reversing years of declines in smoking.

In … Continue to full story .......

June, 7, 2018 – AAS – While the number of people dying from opioids in Travis County isn’t comparable to the deaths tallied in places in the Northeast, the devastating effects of the drugs are being felt locally.  From 2006 to 2016 in Travis County, 590 people died from opioid … Continue to full story .......

An alarming increase in the use of a highly toxic and banned pesticide at illegal marijuana farms hidden on public land in California is leading U.S. and state officials to team up on an issue that recently divided them: pot. They announced Tuesday that they will use $2.5 million in … Continue to full story .......

Doctors at Dell Medical School at the University of Texas and at all Seton Health care Family hospitals are rethinking the way they treat mothers for pain after a cesarean section or a vaginal delivery. The new protocol has decreased the use of opioids by more than 40 percent while … Continue to full story .......

The parents of a fraternity pledge who died after a hazing ritual at Penn State last year will appear on a national television program Sunday with 14 other parents who lost sons in similar incidents.  Watch the  hour-long program, Dateline, hosted by reporter Andrea Canning here.

The parents, including … Continue to full story .......