Nevada Prevention Resource Center
UPDATE Providing weekly updates for Professionals, Counselors, Educators, Parents and Activists
Volume:
9
Issue:
22 July 2013
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Painkiller Epidemic • “Overdoses involving prescription painkillers are at epidemic levels and now kill more Americans than heroin and cocaine combined.” – Thomas Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., Director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) • Deaths from prescription painkiller overdose in the U.S. have more than tripled between
1999 and 2008. • In 2009, there were nearly 500,000 emergency room visits spurred by abuse of prescription painkillers. • Sales of prescription painkillers to pharmacies and health care providers have increased by more than 300% since 1999.
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• The annual cost to health insurers derived from the nonmedical use of prescription painkillers is $72.5 billion.
Prevention Hub: Phase I A focal point for sharing research, policy and best practice - the Prevention Hub builds networks and supports the global
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drug prevention community. The first online service to support global drug prevention work with children and young people. Funded by the IKEA Foundation, the Prevention Hub is an innovative, global, online meeting place for those interested in drug prevention including parents, students, researchers, policy makers and trainers
that will provide opportunities for professional development, training and support. The Prevention Hub is organised into the 5 areas; each section allows users to improve and enhance their prevention activities and thereby ensure that young people receive the highest quality education and interventions.
In the News
Awareness Campaigns
• Marijuana Legalization: What About Hash?
• Stress Down Day 7/26 • World Hepatitis Day 7/28 • Everybody Deserves a Massage Week 7/14-7/20 • Eye Injury Prevention Month
• Study Links Assault Injuries, Guns and Substance Abuse in Youth • College Women Exceed NIAAA Drinking Guidelines More Frequently Than College Men • Why Needle Exchange Is Good for Your Community
This publication was supported in whole or in part by the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health, Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Agency (SAPTA) through State General Funds and/or the SAPT Block Grant for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the U.S. DHHS, SAMHSA, or the State of Nevada.