Seven Campuses Awarded Funding to Promote Safe Medication Taking Practices
The Zeta Tau Alpha Foundation, Generation Rx, and the Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Drug Misuse Prevention and Recovery …
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Columbus, OH – Generation Rx has released the latest free online medication safety resources, Generation Rx University, which is an update to the popular college materials created by college students, …
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New college program aims to raise awareness about the dangers of prescription drug abuse
The Harm Reduction Alliance, a collaboration between Alpha Chi Omega, Pi Kappa Phi, Sigma Nu and …
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By: Samantha Greeney
Studies have found that university students are misusing prescription stimulants disproportionately to other prescription medications (SAMSHA, 2010 …
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By: Dr. Kathy McKee
As a physician who has worked with addiction, I have seen people struggle with the physical and psychological effects of maintaining sobriety after opioid withdrawal. Many …
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By: Danielle Powall
It was February 10th, 2015 I was sitting in an organic chemistry lecture listening to my professor go on and on about something I honestly wasn’t that …
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By: Cindy Clouner, LSW, OCPS I
Prescription drug misuse is an issue that college campuses face everyday. According to the 2015 College Prescription Drug Survey , 1 in 4 undergraduate students …
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By: Larissa Morgan
3 AM. The first big exam of her junior year is in five hours. Why did she wait until the last minute to start preparing for six …
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By: Ann Addington
When it first came to my attention that students were misusing prescription drugs in hopes of improving their grades or to get high, I must admit that …
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By: Kelsea Gallegos
The University of Utah School on Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies (the Utah School) was established in 1941. This program was a multi-disciplinary program that focused on …
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National Prevention Week promotes the world we want to see—where prevention helps keep people and communities healthy and safe.