“What is an opioid?” clinical assistant professor of health outcomes and pharmacy practice Lucas Hill asks, scanning the faces in the Steve Hicks School of Social Work auditorium and listening for answers. “Percocet.” “Fentanyl.” “Heroin.”
“Vicodin,” Hill adds. “When I got my first ‘explicit lyrics’ album when I was 10 … Continue to full story .......
The opioid epidemic has led to the deadliest drug crisis in US history – even deadlier than the crack epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s. Drug overdoses now cause more deaths than gun violence and car crashes. They even caused more deaths in 2015 than HIV/AIDS did at the height … Continue to full story .......
Dec. 13, 2017 — Putting the opioid epidemic into perspective, both historically and in comparison to other causes of death, may help readers better understand the scope of the current crisis. Deadly synthetic opioids like fentanyl and carfentanil caused more overdose deaths than even heroin in 2016, but illegal use
 In 2016, 3.6 percent of adolescents ages 12-17 had misused opioids over the past year. Opioid overdose deaths among adolescents 15-24 more than quadrupled from 1999 to 2015. On Thursday, October 26, 2017, President Donald Trump declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency and directed federal agencies to |
Nov 5, 2017 – Young adults dependent on marijuana and alcohol are less likely to achieve adult life goals, according to new research by UConn Health scientists presented November 5 at the American Public Health Association 2017 Annual Meeting & Expo.
UConn Health researchers examined data from the Collaborative Study
Oct 26, 2017 – KVUE AUSTIN – Here in Central Texas, Austin-Travis County EMS officials say opioid abuse is a problem, but it’s not a crisis. The Travis County Medical Examiner’s annual report for 2016 shows drug-related deaths account for just more than one quarter of accidental deaths in the … Continue to full story .......
Oct 23, 2017 – The Daily Texan — Saturday was not Miriam Rivero’s first UT tailgate, but it was the first where she felt comfortable as a student in recovery from addiction. Rivero attended an alcohol-free tailgate, hosted by sober fraternity Alpha 180 and the Recovery First Tailgaters, to celebrate … Continue to full story .......
October 29, 2017 – AAS – Here are five things to know about how the epidemic has affected Travis County and the state:
1. Age and race: According to a 2014 University of Texas study, opioid users in Texas are increasingly white and younger. About 74 percent of
Oct 26, 2017 – KSAT – San Antonio is on the way to joining 13 other large cities and five states around the nation that ban tobacco sales to people under 21 years of age. Results from an online survey conducted by San Antonio Metro Health show that 77
The University of Texas at Austin Center for Health Communication was awarded a $642,000, two-year contract by The Texas Health and Human Services Commission to develop and test effective messaging with health care providers and prescribers across the state to promote the new monitoring program.
“This is an exciting opportunity
Join us at the
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
October 28, 2017 from 10 am – 2 pm
YSAPC Take Back Day 2017 Flyer
Take Back Day Flyer (Spanish)
Please bring your unused, expired prescription and over the counter medications at any of the following locations near you:
Travis … Continue to full story .......
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