The Taney County Alcohol & Drug Abuse Prevention Team (ADAPT) has partnered with local law enforcement and school districts on a letter designed to encourage the parents and guardians of …
Safe Medication Storage
Put Your Medicines Up and Away and Out of Sight About 60,000 young children end up in emergency rooms each year because they got into medicines while an adult wasn’t …
Substance Use Initiative receives drug deactivation kits
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 …
Holy Smokes! Let’s WEED Out the Details on CBD Oil
By Andrea Prince, Pharm.D., Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Resident, Cox Health System You’ve seen signs popping up everywhere at businesses selling CBD Oil, but what is CBD Oil? Does it work …
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 …
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