Lecture series aims to fight substance abuse with education, collaboration stat : huntingtonnews
The Addiction Studies Lecture Series is free and open to the public. For more information about the lecture series or the new Addiction Studies minor, contact Saunders at saunde@marshall.edu. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration estimates there are 22.5 million people in the U.S. affected by substance use disorder. In addition to this free educational opportunity, a new, interdisciplinary minor on substance abuse will be available to Marshall students beginning this fall. The collaborative and innovative minor is intended to educate students about substance abuse, the War on Drugs and recovery efforts.
The West Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill Wednesday authorizing an increase in the number of beds available at facilities for substance abuse treatment. West Virginia has approximately 750 substance abuse treatment beds statewide, according to the West Virginia Bureau of Behavioral Health and Health Facilities, but the demand for treatment is far greater. House Bill 2428 would allow the Department of Health and Human Resources to build new facilities, or enter into an agreements with a private entities, to increase capacity in substance abuse treatment centers by 600 beds statewide, including 100 new beds in Wood County. Funding would come from settlements of multiple lawsuits that accused wholesale distributors of flooding the state with prescription pain pills. In one lawsuit, AmerisourceBergen and Cardinal Health agreed in January, 2017 to pay the state a combined $36 million.
High school athletes gathered this month for the Student Leadership Conference for the Life of an Athlete program. "It really comes to hitting it before they get to high school," Kacavas said. AdvertisementPrescription drug abuse is an issue some teenagers are facing head-on while their teammates try to intervene and head off addiction. "It's kind of very sad to see them take it and play a game and think that makes them better," Concord High student George Tarwl said. Student-athletes in New Hampshire are trying to spread the word about the dangers of opioids.
collected by :Lucy William
The West Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill Wednesday authorizing an increase in the number of beds available at facilities for substance abuse treatment. West Virginia has approximately 750 substance abuse treatment beds statewide, according to the West Virginia Bureau of Behavioral Health and Health Facilities, but the demand for treatment is far greater. House Bill 2428 would allow the Department of Health and Human Resources to build new facilities, or enter into an agreements with a private entities, to increase capacity in substance abuse treatment centers by 600 beds statewide, including 100 new beds in Wood County. Funding would come from settlements of multiple lawsuits that accused wholesale distributors of flooding the state with prescription pain pills. In one lawsuit, AmerisourceBergen and Cardinal Health agreed in January, 2017 to pay the state a combined $36 million.
High school athletes gathered this month for the Student Leadership Conference for the Life of an Athlete program. "It really comes to hitting it before they get to high school," Kacavas said. AdvertisementPrescription drug abuse is an issue some teenagers are facing head-on while their teammates try to intervene and head off addiction. "It's kind of very sad to see them take it and play a game and think that makes them better," Concord High student George Tarwl said. Student-athletes in New Hampshire are trying to spread the word about the dangers of opioids.
collected by :Lucy William
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