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National Organization Arrives in Panhandle to Confront Opioid Epidemic

April, 2018 Tagged With: One America, opioid epidemic, substance use disorder

Established after the 2016 presidential election, The One America Movement’s (One America) mission is to build bridges and solve problems by bringing Americans together across racial, religious, political, and geographic divides in order to address pressing social problems like poverty, opioids, racial tension, and more. Read the Full Story >>

Is Legalization the Answer … to the Opioid Crisis?

February, 2018 Tagged With: opioid epidemic, substance use disorder

On Thursday, January 4th, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions effectively ended the federal policy of non-interference with marijuana-friendly state laws. Needless to say, this is controversial for a lot of reasons, mainly because it’s a step back in the nation’s ongoing battle against opioid addiction. An interesting nugget the Trump administration might want to take Read the Full Story >>

Appalachian Must-Reads

February, 2018 Tagged With: Appalachia, biography, book review, Davis Grubb, julia keller, mystery, substance use disorder, Thomas E. Douglass

Thomas E. Douglass brings Grubb back from literary oblivion in his comprehensive biography Voice of Glory: The Life and Work of Davis Grubb. The Moundsville-born Grubb occupied a distinctive place in American letters primarily during the ‘50s and ‘60s, and in a career that comprised ten novels and numerous short stories, he garnered acclaim only to be forgotten in recent years. Read the Full Story >>

Seeing Addiction Through a New Lens

March, 2017 Tagged With: substance use disorder

— Surgeon General upgrades definition—sparks new perspective. Addiction treatment has come a long way from its earliest roots in both effective options and societal attitudes. Once thought of as a sinful overindulgence reflecting a lack of self-control and discipline—a moral failure or corruption on the part of the user—is now largely understood as a progressive Read the Full Story >>

Measuring Success in Lives Saved

March, 2017 Tagged With: substance use disorder

— Jefferson Day Report Center positioned productively on front lines of addiction epidemic. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, approximately 60 percent of individuals arrested for most types of crimes test positive for illegal drugs at arrest. Nearly 50 percent of jail and prison inmates are clinically addicted, and 80 percent abuse drugs and Read the Full Story >>

Parenting Practices for Protection and Prevention

November, 2016 Tagged With: substance use disorder

There are few things that overwhelm me like the thought of my kids struggling with addiction in the future. Right now they are young, vibrant, and super curious about life. But before long, the possibility of them being offered a drink or a smoke, or something else, may come their way. While this is scary Read the Full Story >>

I Lost My Brother to Mr. Brown

June, 2016 Tagged With: opioid epidemic, substance use disorder

 Mike Chalmers is a consulting editor and former editor-in-chief (2016-2020) for The Observer. — If we’re going to truly address the addiction epidemic, we’ve got to be brutally honest about it. I’ll go first. When we took over at the new Observer, we knew we wanted to place ourselves firmly within the emerging conversation surrounding Read the Full Story >>

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