The negative words we use to describe drug addiction — “clean” vs. “dirty,” “patient” vs. “addict” — can drive some individuals away from the very help they so desperately need. …
Community Comes Together To Combat Substance Abuse
BRANSON, Mo. – Leaders from Stone and Taney Counties came together Thursday to help combat substance abuse in their respective communities. A drug summit was held in Branson to update …
Preventing a community crisis: The Substance Abuse Initiative
In 2015, 27 million individuals 12 and older used illicit drugs, according to the Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality — that is 10.2 percent of the U.S. population. …
Substance abuse initiative identifies main concerns; Alcohol, prescription drugs identified as top items of focus
Alcohol and prescription drugs are the top two recommended areas of focus for an initiative looking to combat substance abuse in Taney and Stone counties. For a period of six …
Branson Area Eyeing Substance Abuse Solutions
BRANSON, Mo. – The Branson area continues its initiative to prevent substance abuse in the community. After months of research and assessment, the Skaggs Foundation and Cox Medical Center Branson …
School hosts substance abuse workshop
When Al Vineyard visited her doctor for an injury on the job, she didn’t know her pain medication would lead to her nearly losing everything. “My doctor put me on …
I Lost My Brother To Opioid Addiction. Here’s How Employers Can Address The Crisis
Sunday, October 18, 2015, started out like any other day. Nothing unusual about the first hours of the morning. No sign that I’d soon get a phone call that would …
How Opioids Started Killing Americans
It’s been conventional wisdom for some time now that America’s opioid epidemic began at the pharmacy. Now there are numbers that put any doubt to rest. More than half of …
Deadly fentanyl overdoses on the rise in Greene County, surpass heroin OD deaths
On a recent Saturday night and with the kids in a relative’s care, Cory Bruce and his wife, Michelle Eynouf, decided to have an “adult night.” Before heading to the …
The Evolution of the Epidemic: Missouri’s Opioid Crisis
The opioid epidemic is one of Missouri’s most pressing health issues. To put it in perspective, roughly 64,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2016, with 49,900 of those deaths …
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