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Rehab- Find a Treatment Facility- SAMHSA

Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator:  Welcome to the Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator, a confidential and anonymous source of information for persons seeking treatment facilities in the United States or U.S. Territories for substance abuse/addiction and/or mental health problems.

Addiction, Recovery/Treatment
Resource Assessment – Hillsborough County Substance Abuse Prevention

Resource Assessment – Hillsborough County Substance Abuse Prevention

Article, Programs Educational Material Prevention Program
Safe Ride America Alcohol Transportation
SAMHSA Research-Based Prevention Programs

Programs and campaigns offering information, training, and technical assistance to improve the quality and delivery of behavioral health services across the nation.

Programs Educational Material, Community
Sentiment still mixed as some celebrate 4/20 Article No2pot, marijuana
Smart Colorado

Smart Colorado: Protecting youth from marijuana.

Marijuana
Special Needs Family Hour

Mission: To provide a place where special needs families can find the answers they need to be successful. Weekly radio show with a variety of information and resources for families with special needs members.  Podcasts are available for free... great information.

Other Resources Special Needs
State issues warning on Fentanyl 'super pill'
They want to get this super high, this extreme high," said Gary White, associate director for the alliance.  "They need to understand the perception. The harm that it's causing."
Article HCADA Interview, home disposal pouch, Deterra
Stop Rx Drug Abuse

The purpose of this website is to educate families and the community about prescription drugs and some potential consequences of misusing, abuse or overusing prescription drugs. This includes taking any prescription medications that are not prescribed to you which is also illegal.   My goal is  help people better understand the disease of addiction and the recovery process and thus bring people suffering from addiction and their families and friends hope for the future. This website is a collection of links and resources. 

Information includes disease of addiction, complexity of recovery, questions to ask when looking for a recovery facility, pill facts, interactive websites for teens and kids....support groups.

Parents, Rx Drug
Street Smart Prevention Just Think Twice Youth
Substance Abuse in the United States: Findings From Recent Epidemiologic Studies

This research has demonstrated continued shifts in trends in illicit drug use in the United States and called attention to rising rates of prescription drug misuse and abuse. Findings have also continued to highlight the substantial comorbidity of SUDs with other psychiatric disorders and with the ongoing HIV epidemic. Building on these foundations, future challenges for research in substance abuse epidemiology will include using novel methodologic approaches to further unravel the complex interrelationships that link individual vulnerabilities for SUDs, including genetic factors, with social and environmental risk factors.

 

Article, Programs Educational Material Prevention Program
Summer Teen Driving

Statistics:
·         According to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, more than 1,050 people were killed in crashes involving a teen driver in 2016 during the 100 Deadliest Days, the period between Memorial Day and Labor Day.
·         In the Tampa Bay area, when compared to other days of the year, the average number of deaths from crashes involving teen drivers. Ages 16–19, increased by 16 percent during those 100 days. 
·         60 percent of teen crashes are caused by distracted driving
·         The biggest distraction? Other people in the car.
·         Crashes involving alcohol kill one in every 100,000 teens during the summer months.
 
What parents can do:
·        Talk to your teens about the importance of not allowing others to distract them in the car and to be a non-distracting passenger. Remind them that cars have passenger limits based on the number of seats, and to never get into an over-loaded car.
·         Set and enforce reasonably early curfews for teens during the summer months. Sleepy driving can be deadly driving.
·         Agree upon a safe word that your teen can text to you at any time that means “Come pick me up.” Give your teen the option of getting a ride home with mom or dad, no questions asked.
·         Remind them, daily, to not text, SnapChat, Instagram, or WhatsApp and drive.
·         Talk to them, continuously, about the dangers of driving impaired.

Article, Parents
Support Groups Addiction Support Group
TAC Meeting November Meeting 2020 Alcohol, Article TAC
Tampa's report on Sunset Music Festival: arrests down, but drugs and heat were a problem Article Sunset Festival, HCADA Interview
Teen Warning Signs

Article Mental Health
Teens Using E-cigarettes More Likely to Start Smoking Tobacco Teens Using E-cigarettes More Likely to Start Smoking Tobacco

Published on Aug 18, 2015
NIDA Director Dr. Nora Volkow discusses NIH-funded study which shows possible link between teens use of e-cigarettes and initiation of tobacco use.

Article Tobacco, NIDA, Volkow
TeenSafe

Parenting Guide To Tech Safety

Other Resources, Parents, Youth Technology
Tell Your Children the Truth Marijuana, Parents book, literature
Terra Nova Club- St. Pete Recovery Community

Offers 4 meetings per day for recovery.

Addiction, Recovery/Treatment st. petersburg
THE "X" Plan "X-Plan" Gives Kids A Way Out Of Dangerous Situations

Texting one letter could help teens get away from peer pressure or danger.

All Drug Information, Parents, Programs Educational Material, Youth
The Cool Spot Youth
The Hardest Pill to Swallow | Tracy Jackson | TEDxNashville The Hardest Pill to Swallow | Tracy Jackson | TEDxNashville

Dr. Tracy Jackson presents the idea that "pain is in the brain" and explains why a pill won’t make it go away. Dr. Jackson explores the truths and consequences of how doctors and patients are getting it wrong in pain management and the way to make it right.
 

Article prescription drugs, Rx, Youtube
The Human Brain: Major Structures and Functions The Human Brain: Major Structures and Functions Addiction, Video NIDA
The Marijuana Report.org

The Marijuana Report.Org is National Families in Action’s newest website. It aggregates stories about marijuana covered in the print and broadcast media. Stories are briefly summarized on the Home Page. Clicking “Read” at the end of each summary accesses the original article. Story summaries are organized under more than 50 categories. Clicking on any yellow category accesses all summaries published under that category. Pages across the top provide in-depth analyses of key issues (Reports, Commentary) and tools (Fact Sheets, Infographics, Tool Kits) to educate leaders about various aspects of this complex and poorly understood issue.

Marijuana
The Relationship Between Video Games and Anxiety

Do video games cause anxiety? This is a common question without an easy yes-or-no answer. Researchers haven’t found evidence that video games cause anxiety directly; instead, studies continue to show that video games and anxiety are correlated. This means that, rather than having a cause-and-effect relationship, the two relate and contribute to each other.

Addiction, Article Video games
Think twice before passing medical marijuana laws

State after state is legalizing medical marijuana, but doctors and patient groups aren’t demanding these laws. The AMA doesn’t want them, nor does the American Cancer Society. The American Academy of Pediatrics is against medical marijuana and the Glaucoma Foundation warns patients not to use it.

Prescription cannabinoids are also much less likely to be abused or diverted to teenage use. And they’re more long acting, which is good for genuine patients who don’t want to be stoned all the time. So there’s no reason for anyone to smoke marijuana.

The main people who benefit from medical marijuana laws are people who want to get high or who want to sell the drug.

Article marijuana, Not Medicine
Tips for a Safe, Drug-free Homecoming Season

Denise Birungi Evans of HCADA offers tips for a safe, drug-free homecoming season for high school students.

 

Article, Video Video, HCADA Interview
Too Cool Traffic School Other Resources Driving School
Too Cool Traffic School

We are an official State Provider and our online Florida traffic school makes fun interactive courses for you without all that boring reading like other providers.

Programs Educational Material
TooSmartToStart Alcohol
Tutorial links for HCADA Training Video
Underaged Drinking Series (Ohio) Parents Who Host Lose the Most PSA #3 (Law Enforcement) Alcohol, Video SAMHSA
Vaping Additional Information and Resources

Vaping Among Teens

Vaping devices are popular among teens and are now the most commonly used form of nicotine among youth in the United States. Some research shows that many teens do not even realize that vaping cartridges contain nicotine, and assume the pods contain only flavoring. The easy availability of these devices, alluring advertisements, various e-liquid flavors, and the belief that they're safer than cigarettes have helped make them appealing to this age group. In addition, they are easy to hide from teachers and parents because they do not leave behind the stench of tobacco cigarettes, and are often disguised as flash drives.   NIDA- National Institute of Drug Abuse

Vaping Additional Information and Resources

Florida Health Department Data on Vaping

Article vaping
Webinar: What Can Localities Do About Alcohol Products That Are Attractive and Dangerous to Youth? Webinar: What Can Localities Do About Alcohol Products That Are Attractive and Dangerous to Youth? Article, Video Video, Webinar, Alcohol, teens
What are the health risks of vaping D&H Teen Blog: What are the Health Risks of Vaping? Marijuana, Parents, Video NIDA, vaping
What Parents should know about Marijuana Marijuana, Parents
What You Need to Know About E-Cigarettes

E-Cigarettes

Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, are tobacco products that have been sold in the U.S. for about a decade. They include e-pens, e-pipes, e-hookah, and e-cigars, known collectively as ENDS—electronic nicotine delivery systems. They're also sometimes called JUULs, "vapes" and "vape pens." E-cigarettes are the most commonly used tobacco products among kids—and it's become an epidemic. 

Article vaping
What You Need to Know About Marijuana Use and Pregnancy

Marijuana use during pregnancy can be harmful to your baby’s health. The chemicals in marijuana (in particular, tetrahydrocannabinol or THC) pass through your system to your baby and can negatively affect your baby’s development.

Marijuana Pregnancy, CDC
Why is adolescence a critical time for preventing drug addiction?

Science of Addiction- National Institute of Drug Abuse  (beginning of information)

Early use of drugs increases a person’s chances of developing addiction. Remember, drugs change brains—and this can lead to addiction and other serious problems. So, preventing early use of drugs or alcohol may go a long way in reducing these risks. If we can prevent young people from experimenting with drugs, we can prevent drug addiction.

All Drug Information, Article, Programs Educational Material Prevention Program

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