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| Website | Article Date | Summary | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opioid use prevalent among electronic dance music partygoers | 04/13/2018 |
One in 10 electronic dance music (EDM) party attendees have misused opioids in the past year, exceeding the national average, finds a study by the Center for Drug Use and HIV/HCV Research (CDUHR) at NYU Meyers College of Nursing. |
Article, EDM, Opioid |
| REDUCING IMPAIRED DRIVING RECIDIVISM | 03/20/2018 |
Hillsborough County has consistently been ranked the worst or near the worst in Florida for DUI crashes, injuries, and fatalities. Given the dangers of impaired driving and the importance of reducing recidivism to promote long-term community safety, the State Attorney’s Office (SAO) has established the Reducing Impaired Driving Recidivism (“RIDR”) initiative. |
Article, State Attorney |
| Chronic heavy drinking leads to serious risk of dementia, study warns | 03/10/2018 |
Heavy drinkers are putting themselves at risk of dementia, according to the largest study of its kind ever conducted. |
Alcohol, Article, Heavy Drinkers |
| Largest study of its kind finds alcohol use biggest risk factor for dementia | 03/10/2018 |
Of the 57,000 cases of early-onset dementia (before the age of 65), the majority (57%) were related to chronic heavy drinking. |
Alcohol, Article, Study |
| Increase in number of kids in foster care linked to opioids | 01/10/2018 |
Armed with this information, we would try to seek a grant to try to specifically help these families and their parents so they can be reunited with these kids once they get the treatment they need," said Ellen Snelling of the Hillsborough County Anti-Drug Alliance. |
Article, HCADA Interview, Opioid, Snelling |
| Florida near top of list as traffic fatalities nationwide continued to surge in 2016 | 11/20/2017 |
Statistics become real when it a friend or family member that is an innocent victim of a drunk driver. #DriveSober Florida's traffic fatalities were up 43 percent in the first six months of this year compared to the same period in 2014 — the fifth-highest increase in that time frame in the country, according to preliminary estimates released Tuesday by the National Safety Council. |
Article |
| November 2017: Opioid Crisis | 11/10/2017 |
It is estimated that 14 people die from an opioid drug overdose each and every day in our state, and Tampa Bay is ground zero for this deadly crisis. While Governor Rick Scott has declared a public health emergency and set aside millions of dollars to fight the opioid epidemic, is it enough? How did opioid addiction get so out of hand and what can be done about it? |
Article, HCADA Interview |
| Opioid Prevention Kits- DFA | 08/31/2017 | DFA, Opioid, prescription drugs, Rx Drug | |
| CDC- Alcohol Use and Your Health | 03/12/2017 | Alcohol, Article, CDC, Infographic | |
| Infographic: Drinking And DUIs During The Holidays | 06/18/2016 | Alcohol, Article, DUI | |
| CDC Study Omits States Marijuana States | 06/17/2016 | Article, CDC, Colorado, Legalization, Oregon, Washington, youth usage | |
| Edibles And Concentrates Are Red-Hot, According To Latest Numbers | 06/14/2016 |
Colorado's legal cannabis sales continue to smash records, mainly because of the increased interest in concentrates and edibles. Dispensary sales in April surged by 58 percent over the same period previous year, according to Boulder-based BDS Analytics. |
Article, Colorado, Edibles, marijuana |
| FHP: Drunk wrong-way-driving deputy found hiding after crash | 06/12/2016 |
According to FHP, it was around 3:30 a.m. when Justin Garrett's Ford Explorer, heading southbound in the northbound lanes of I-75, clipped the truck just north of the Hillsborough-Manatee County line, and kept going |
Alcohol, Article, Hillsborough, wrong-way-driver |
| Tampa's report on Sunset Music Festival: arrests down, but drugs and heat were a problem | 06/10/2016 | Article, HCADA Interview, Sunset Festival | |
| Florida's Crackdown On Opioids May Be Influencing Prescribing | 06/02/2016 | Forbes, Opioid, prescription drugs |
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