Author: LCAHY

Monitoring the Future: a continuous study of American youth

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https://youtu.be/yJwd-4xgdgE

The Monitoring the Future (MTF) project, begun in 1975, has many purposes. Among them is to study changes in the beliefs, attitudes, and behavior of young people in the United States. In recent years, the U.S. has experienced tremendous changes in public opinion toward such diverse issues as government and politics, alcohol and other drug use, gender roles, and protection of the environment. Much of our current upheaval in attitudes is especially concentrated, and often first seen, in today’s youth. This study focuses on youth because of their significant involvement in today’s social changes and, most important, because youth in a very literal sense will constitute our future society. The results of the study are useful to policymakers at all levels of government, for example, to monitor progress toward national health goals. Study results are also used to monitor trends in substance use and abuse among adolescents and young adults and are used routinely in the White House Strategy on Drug Abuse. (www.monitoringthefuture.org)

Get the facts about drugs – Just Think Twice

National Institute on Drug Abuse

National Institute on Drug Abuse for Teens

Proper Medication Disposal

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Promptly remove expired, unwanted, or unused medicines from your home to help reduce the chance that others accidentally take or intentionally misuse the unneeded medicine, and to help reduce drugs from entering the environment. (www.fda.gov)

Here is a list of local sites that will take back and dispose of your unused medications all year round:

Open Drop Off:

  • Beaufort County Government Building – 4819 Bluffton Prkwy, Bluffton, SC 29910*
  • Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office – 70 Shelter Cove Ln., Hilton Head Island, SC
  • Walgreens, Okatie – 138 Okatie Center Blvd, Okatie, SC 29909
  • Ulmer Family Pharmacy – 68 Bluffton Rd. #6, Bluffton, SC 29910
  • Long’s Main Street Pharmacy – 120 W Main St., Ridgeland, SC 29936

*In partnership with Beaufort Memorial Hospital, Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office, and LCAHY.

Customers Only:

  • Burke’s Pharmacy – 1101 Main St., Hilton Head, SC 29926
  • Bluffton Pharmacy – 167 Bluffton Rd B, Bluffton, SC 29910

Free DisposeRx:

  • Walmart Pharmacies
  • Sams Club Pharmacies

(What is DisposeRx?)

LCAHY participates in National Take Back Day, which will be held on April 27th, 2019.

Please check back to see local participating site locations.

Please follow the steps below for proper home disposal:

  1. Mix the medicines (Do not crush tablets or capsules) with an unpalatable substance such as dirt, kitty litter, or used coffee grounds. This prevents thievery or diversion of medicines from the trash.
  2.  Then, place the mixture in a container such as a zip-lock or sealable plastic bag, and throw the container away in your household trash.

 

JustPainKillers.com – Opioid Alternatives

Opioid Overdose

The Surgeon General’s Spotlight on Opioids

Surgeon General Advisory: E-Cigarettes an Epidemic

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E-cigarette use poses a significant – and avoidable – health risk to young people in the United States. Besides increasing the possibility of addiction and long-term harm to brain development and respiratory health, e-cigarette use is associated with the use of other tobacco products that can do even more damage to the body. Even breathing e-cigarette aerosol that someone else has exhaled poses potential health risks. (surgeongeneral.gov)

https://youtu.be/JPnDkHBFDEo

Get the facts. Know the risks. Take action. And get resources.

Go to the Surgeon General’s Website.

Center for Disease Control (CDC) information on Electronic Cigarettes.

Truth Initiative – Inspiring Tobacco-Free Lives

Become A Smoke-Free Teen

Tobacco, Nicotine and E-Cigarettes

This Is Quitting

E-Cigarette Prevention

Video on Dangers of E-Cigarettes, Vaping and JUULS (taped at Bluffton High School).

$625,000 Grant Awarded!

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White House Drug Policy Awards $625,000 to LowCountry Alliance for Healthy Youth

 

Richard Baum, Acting Director of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), announced 719 Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program grants totaling $89 million. The grants will provide local community coalitions funding to prevent youth substance use, including prescription drugs, marijuana, tobacco, and alcohol. LowCountry Alliance for Healthy Youth was the only grant recipient in South Carolina and will receive $625,000 in DFC grant funds over a five year period, from 2017-2022, receiving $125,000 each year. The Community Foundation of the Lowcountry will serve as the fiscal agent.

Recognizing that local problems need local solutions, DFC-funded coalitions engage multiple sectors of the community and employ a variety of strategies to address local drug problems. Coalitions are comprised of community leaders, parents, youth/youth serving organizations, schools, faith-based and fraternal organizations, healthcare and business professionals, government, law enforcement, and media.

The Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program, created by the Drug-Free Communities Act of 1997, is the Nation’s leading effort to mobilize communities to prevent youth substance use. The DFC Program is directed by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), in partnership with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).