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Friday, October 17, 2014
Prescription drug abuse is a huge problem everywhere, but especially in Orange County, California. I know this because that’s where I grew up and played high school varsity baseball. I witnessed this abuse among my peers and in my own family, and I wanted to do something about it.
So I worked to educate my community about the risks of medicine abuse, joining with my local police department to promote prescription drug take-back days. That’s why it was awesome to receive the Play Healthy Award from the Partnership for Drug-Free Kids and Major League Baseball (MLB) Charities last year, winning a trip to New York City and meeting people who shared the same passion in helping others.
Now, I want to pay it forward and ask you to nominate a student athlete and/or youth coach for the 5th Annual Commissioner’s Play Healthy Awards. Do you know that kid on the team who is super focused on being healthy to achieve his dream of playing pro ball? What about the coach who makes you feel that you are going to play the best game of your life, just because you can? If so, get involved now and tell us why that special person is making a difference.
Hurry - the deadline to submit a nomination is Friday, October 31st, 2014!
Good luck,
Garrett Burk
Freshman, Harvard University
2013 Student-Athlete Winner
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Inspiring #studentathlete & #youth #coach can win trip to NYC & more! Find out how http://ow.ly/wfbF5 #PlayHealthy
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FACES AND VOICES OF RECOVERY
ORGANIZING THE
RECOVERY COMMUNITY
With a shared history of losing loved ones to the struggle of addiction, Natural High was proud to be the Presenting Partner for the 2014 Faces & Voices America Honors Recovery celebration earlier this year.
Natural High is a national nonprofit organization committed to bridging the gap between prevention and recovery, as addiction continues to be an ongoing epidemic. By providing nearly 50 celebrity prevention videos and research-based curricula – completely free of charge – to treatment centers, parents and more, we’re inspiring over 7 million youth every year to pursue their natural high, giving them a reason to say no to drugs and alcohol.
Please join us and the 18,000 educators, counselors and therapeutic centers across the country using our FREE program. We’re on this journey together.
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Deaths From Painkillers Drop, While Heroin Fatalities Rise: Government Report
October 15th, 2014/
Prescription painkiller deaths are on the decline, while deaths from heroin are increasing, according to a new government report. The findings suggest some people may have switched from prescription medications to illicit drugs in response to laws aimed at reducing prescription drug abuse, USA Today reports.
Between 1999 and 2011, prescription painkiller overdose deaths quadrupled, from 4,030 to 16,917, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found. In 2012, painkiller overdose deaths dropped 5 percent to 16,007. The findings will be released Wednesday by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), the newspaper notes.
“It’s some really encouraging news after many years of really grim news,” Michael Botticelli, Acting Director of ONDCP, told USA Today. He said the findings give him hope that some government strategies to reduce prescription drug abuse have worked. These include prescription drug monitoring programs that make it harder for people to get prescriptions from multiple doctors, and crackdowns on physicians who overprescribe painkillers.
Heroin overdose deaths increased 35 percent from 2011 to 2012, from 4,397 to 5,927. Dr. Mark Publicker, President of the Northern New England Society of Addiction Medicine, says he has seen a dramatic shift from prescription painkillers to heroin. “My patients tell me that as prescription opioids become less available and more expensive, that heroin has rushed into that breach,” he said. “It was as if somebody flipped a switch.”
Botticelli said fewer than 5 percent of people who abuse prescription painkillers switch to heroin, and the proportion of deaths from the drug is much smaller. “We know we clearly have some work to do in intervening with people who are progressing from prescription narcotics to heroin,” he said.
Most Doctors Registered to Use Prescription Database Check it When They Suspect Abuse
October 15th, 2014/
A survey of doctors in Oregon who are registered to use their state prescription drug monitoring database finds 95 percent say they consult it when they suspect a patient is abusing or diverting medication. The survey found 54 percent of doctors registered to use the database report they have made mental health or substance abuse referrals after consulting it.
Thirty-six percent said they sometimes discharge patients from their practice because of information in the database. Fewer than half say they check it for every new patient or every time they prescribe a controlled drug. Almost all doctors who use the program say they discuss worrisome data with patients.
Registered users of the state’s database were more frequent prescribers of controlled substances than non-users, Newswise reports. The survey included 650 doctors who frequently used the database, 650 who used it infrequently and 2,000 who did not use it at all.
Database registrants were most likely to be practicing in emergency medicine, primary care and addiction medicine. “Clinicians reported frequent patient denial or anger and only occasional requests for help with drug dependence,” the researchers report in The Journal of Pain.
Prescription drug monitoring programs are designed to reduce doctor and pharmacy shopping to obtain prescription medications. The Office of National Drug Control Policy and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have endorsed the programs.
Missouri is the only state that does not have a prescription drug monitoring database. Almost all states either allow or require pharmacists to enter filled prescriptions into the database. Doctors or pharmacists review the data before deciding to fill another prescription. Rules vary from state to state. Forty-eight states have operational databases, and New Hampshire will begin using its database this year.
Children More Likely to Take ADHD Drugs During School Year Than in the Summer
October 15th, 2014/
A new study finds children are 30 percent more likely to take drugs for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) during the school year than in the summer.
The study found children from wealthier families who live in states with stricter academic standards are more likely to use ADHD drugs only during school months, compared with children in lower-income families in states with less strict school standards.
The findings suggest higher-income families are more likely to make their own decisions about when their child needs ADHD medications, while lower-income families tend to follow doctors’ recommendations to fill prescriptions for the drugs throughout the year, according to USA Today.
“As schools become more academic, as a consequence we’re seeing an increase in school-based stimulant use,” said researcher Marissa King of the Yale School of Management. “Kids are actually just trying to manage a much broader shift in the way the school day is structured.” She said higher-income families want to help their children stay focused in class, which can be difficult without regular physical activity or diversions from academic subjects. “Kids are having more pressure on them to have more sustained attention,” she said.
The researchers found even when children from wealthier and less-wealthy backgrounds were treated by the same doctor, children from wealthier families were more likely to use ADHD drugs only during the school year.
The findings appear in the American Sociological Review.
The prevalence of children ages 4 to 17 who take ADHD medication increased from 4.8 percent in 2007 to 6.1 percent in 2011, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Do you have a favorite book that helped you with especially pertaining to being an addict's mom? Did you write a book on addiction? Would you like to share a page from the book with us? Or just share your story. Sharing is so powerful!
Tomorrow Night October 16th on The Addict’s Mom Live Video Online Meeting on In the Rooms www.intherooms.com at7:00pm EST we will be sharing pages, poems and stories from our fav...orite books.
If you would like to share please pm me. Please include your phone number.
To join us create an account if you do not have one sign up or if you do sign in for f.ree at www.intherooms.com. Please use Google Chrome of Firefox. Log in Tomorrow Night at 6:55pm EST. You will see a link to go to the Addict’s Mom, click on the link and you will be in the meeting. Please check your settings to make sure you are not muted.
Remember you can remain anonymous or not.
Much love to all Addict’s Moms and their families.
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Supporters of Recovery
RIR Music Fest is not an us and them thing
Dear Supporters,
Here are some options if you would like to support the Rockers In Recovery free Love of Recovery Music and Art Festival. Please support us to make this years awesome Addiction Awareness & Prevention Message through music and art a huge success.
ALL of Rockers In Recovery Productions are funded by sponsorship dollars. If you or your organization would like to be a sponsor of Rockers In Recovery through Rockers In Recovery Radio and Productions Inc which is a for profit company we use to put on events and your sponsorship can be a marketing tax write off.
If you or your organization would just like to make a donation towards the festival - Rockers In Recovery Inc. is a 501(c)(3) your donation is 100% tax deductible. Please call 954-826-5968 to make your donation. Rockers In Recovery uses this Non-Profit to produce addiction awareness & prevention festivals & concerts around the United States.
We are so excited about this years free festival not only is it a time for all people who want to celebrate recovery to come together. It's also a time for old recovery friends to come together to enjoy some great music and some awesome art produced by people who are in recovery or support recovery.
Supporters of recovery help us every day in our recovery wives, husbands, brothers, sisters, moms dads, friends and employers. They also sometimes endure years of insanity living and dealing with an addict. This is a time for the supporters too. The supporters of the recovery movement in our communities like musicians and artists that want to help because they have lost people or are struggling with someone in their lives that is suffering from the throws of addiction. RIR Music Fest is not an us and them thing.
People need to know what their resources are and where to go. It is an important time for recovery education, addiction awareness and prevention to reach the masses. Events like this help the S. Florida community who suffers through their addictions issues. This also helps supporters of friends and family who are in recovery to know that recovery is honorable, can have a positive result and we have fun doing it.
Rockers In Recovery's focus is to help provide direct and indirect support to everyone who needs help with addiction and mental health issues. Through RIR and our supporters we can all continue to grow stronger, and better serve all those struggling with addictions, while supporting educational preventative measures and community awareness.
This event will be the anniversary of our very first free addiction awareness & prevention concert back in February 15, of 2011. It is also the 20th concert RIR will be producing for the recovery community.. We have been bringing an awesome Addiction Awareness & Prevention Message all over the U.S. to our attendees and look forward to producing many more.
We thank you for your support and look forward to seeing everyoneFebruary 14, 2015 at at CB Smith Park 900 N Flamingo Road, Pembroke Pines, Florida. Music starts at 12:00 PM.
Much Love To All,
Lori Sullivan and John Hollis -Founders
877-799-8773
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