CoxHealth and the CoxHealth Foundation announced today that the Stone and Taney Counties Substance Use Initiative received a donation of 5,000 drug deactivation pouches that will help bolster local efforts …
Springfield Recovery Community Center
Pro-Social Events and Supporting Growth in the Recovery Community By Ruiz, Aaron. Personal Interview. David Stoecker. April 22, 2019 On February 2, 2014, actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman was found dead …
NATURAL ALTERNATIVES FOR COLD AND FLU RELIEF
By Laura Roets, EdD, PhD, CTRS/L, LADC, CRAADC/Supv., AADC, CM III NAP Project Coordinator, Cox Health One of the issues faced in our current culture is the availability of quick-fixes, …
PERSON-CENTERED LANGUAGE IN A CHANGING CULTURE
By Laura Morrison-Roets, EdD, PhD, CTRS/L, LADC, CRAADC/Supv., AADC, CM III NAP Project Coordinator/Cox Health In a culture full of “isms” (ageism, racism, sexism, etc.), and words attributed to …
Local partnerships make naloxone available for community members
Faith Community Health has received a donation of 1000 vials of naloxone, which will be distributed throughout the community to loved ones of those misusing opioid medications or using illicit …
IMPORTANCE OF SMOKING CESSATION TO SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT
By Laura Morrison-Roets, EdD, PhD, CTRS/L, LADC, CRAADC/Supv., CM III The hazards of tobacco use in all forms has been widely discussed for years. However, an issue seldom addressed in …
Where are Youth Getting Access?
The Missouri Student Survey is conducted during even years with statewide school districts participating voluntarily. The survey poses questions related to demographics, substances, bullying, suicidal ideation, and additional topics. In …
Dangers of a carefree summer
Think today is just another summer day? It’s not for the estimated 11,000 youth who will take their first drink of alcohol or the 4,500 who will smoke a cigarette …
Local coalition members, Branson youth to attend substance use prevention training
Representatives from the Stone & Taney Counties Substance Abuse Initiative (SAI) and the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Team (ADAPT), are headed to Orlando, Fla., to join nearly 2,000 substance …
Here’s One Simple Way We Can Change The Conversation About Drug Abuse
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. …
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