Five students form Smash the Stigma to fight substance abuse according to : thebrownandwhite

Health and beauty

Last update :

"The biggest issue with substance abuse is that no one talks about it or wants to bring it up," Pastorini said. Batts spoke about substance abuse in the Lehigh Valley area and how stigma can inhibit people's ability to acknowledge the problem. To gather more data about how the university community understands substance abuse, the group created surveys they distributed throughout campus. According to data from the U.S. Department of Justice, there were 151 deaths from Marijuana overdoses in the Lehigh Valley in 2016. The class, part of the Global Citizenship interdisciplinary program, required students to give a speech addressing a change they wanted to see in the Lehigh Valley.

Five students form Smash the Stigma to fight substance abuse

Five students form Smash the Stigma to fight substance abuse

The challenges of providing substance abuse treatment were the topic of a daylong summit in Vermont. Phil Scott, along with the Vermont state colleges, put together the Summit on Vermont's Substance Use Disorder Workforce. Melinda Lussier, who is in recovery from alcohol and heroin addiction, is now a recovery coach herself. "It affects our families, it affects our business, it affects the economy, it just affects our way of life," Scott said. Scott said the summit is crucial because the Marijuana crisis affects everyone in the state.

Fox announces initiative aimed at reducing substance abuse in Mo - KRTV.com

Montana Attorney General Tim Fox announced on Wednesday an initiative aimed at cutting down on substance abuse in the state. Montana Attorney General Tim Fox announced a new initiative aimed at cutting down on substance abuse in the state. Fox also noted that while law enforcement will be one method of addressing substance abuse, it won't be the only approach. Over the summer, Fox will partner with the Montana Healthcare Foundation to host six listening sessions across the state to hear from people affected by substance abuse. Fox says the initiative will be paid for in part by the Department of Justice budget, as well as $3 million in grants from the Montana Healthcare Foundation.

collected by :Lucy William

To follow all the new news about From Addiction to Recovery

Edit This Article

You may like these posts

Comments

window['__wavt'] = 'AOuZoY5p_otlYne4Rs6oE8nzPKI8grzFrg:1751836810990';_WidgetManager._Init('//www.blogger.com/rearrange?blogID\x3d3070199683225152425','//allabout-addiction.blogspot.com/2017/04/five-students-form-smash-stigma-to.html','3070199683225152425'); _WidgetManager._SetDataContext([{'name': 'blog', 'data': {'blogId': '3070199683225152425', 'title': 'From Addiction to Recovery', 'url': 'https://allabout-addiction.blogspot.com/2017/04/five-students-form-smash-stigma-to.html', 'canonicalUrl': 'https://allabout-addiction.blogspot.com/2017/04/five-students-form-smash-stigma-to.html', 'homepageUrl': 'https://allabout-addiction.blogspot.com/', 'searchUrl': 'https://allabout-addiction.blogspot.com/search', 'canonicalHomepageUrl': 'https://allabout-addiction.blogspot.com/', 'blogspotFaviconUrl': 'https://allabout-addiction.blogspot.com/favicon.ico', 'bloggerUrl': 'https://www.blogger.com', 'hasCustomDomain': false, 'httpsEnabled': true, 'enabledCommentProfileImages': true, 'gPlusViewType': 'FILTERED_POSTMOD', 'adultContent': false, 'analyticsAccountNumber': '', 'encoding': 'UTF-8', 'locale': 'en', 'localeUnderscoreDelimited': 'en', 'languageDirection': 'ltr', 'isPrivate': false, 'isMobile': false, 'isMobileRequest': false, 'mobileClass': '', 'isPrivateBlog': false, 'isDynamicViewsAvailable': true, 'feedLinks': '\x3clink rel\x3d\x22alternate\x22 type\x3d\x22application/atom+xml\x22 title\x3d\x22From Addiction to Recovery - Atom\x22 href\x3d\x22https://allabout-addiction.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default\x22 /\x3e\n\x3clink rel\x3d\x22alternate\x22 type\x3d\x22application/rss+xml\x22 title\x3d\x22From Addiction to Recovery - RSS\x22 href\x3d\x22https://allabout-addiction.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt\x3drss\x22 /\x3e\n\x3clink rel\x3d\x22service.post\x22 type\x3d\x22application/atom+xml\x22 title\x3d\x22From Addiction to Recovery - Atom\x22 href\x3d\x22https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3070199683225152425/posts/default\x22 /\x3e\n\n\x3clink rel\x3d\x22alternate\x22 type\x3d\x22application/atom+xml\x22 title\x3d\x22From Addiction to Recovery - Atom\x22 href\x3d\x22https://allabout-addiction.blogspot.com/feeds/7960158623584246645/comments/default\x22 /\x3e\n', 'meTag': '', 'adsenseHostId': 'ca-host-pub-1556223355139109', 'adsenseHasAds': false, 'adsenseAutoAds': false, 'boqCommentIframeForm': true, 'loginRedirectParam': '', 'view': '', 'dynamicViewsCommentsSrc': '//www.blogblog.com/dynamicviews/4224c15c4e7c9321/js/comments.js', 'dynamicViewsScriptSrc': '//www.blogblog.com/dynamicviews/f746c2603e3e3303', 'plusOneApiSrc': 'https://apis.google.com/js/platform.js', 'disableGComments': true, 'interstitialAccepted': false, 'sharing': {'platforms': [{'name': 'Get link', 'key': 'link', 'shareMessage': 'Get link', 'target': ''}, {'name': 'Facebook', 'key': 'facebook', 'shareMessage': 'Share to Facebook', 'target': 'facebook'}, {'name': 'BlogThis!', 'key': 'blogThis', 'shareMessage': 'BlogThis!', 'target': 'blog'}, {'name': 'X', 'key': 'twitter', 'shareMessage': 'Share to X', 'target': 'twitter'}, {'name': 'Pinterest', 'key': 'pinterest', 'shareMessage': 'Share to Pinterest', 'target': 'pinterest'}, {'name': 'Email', 'key': 'email', 'shareMessage': 'Email', 'target': 'email'}], 'disableGooglePlus': true, 'googlePlusShareButtonWidth': 0, 'googlePlusBootstrap': '\x3cscript type\x3d\x22text/javascript\x22\x3ewindow.___gcfg \x3d {\x27lang\x27: \x27en\x27};\x3c/script\x3e'}, 'hasCustomJumpLinkMessage': false, 'jumpLinkMessage': 'Read more', 'pageType': 'item', 'postId': '7960158623584246645', 'postImageUrl': 'http://thebrownandwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/170423-MEGS-GC-PROJECT-001-web.jpg', 'pageName': 'Five students form Smash the Stigma to fight substance abuse according to : thebrownandwhite', 'pageTitle': 'From Addiction to Recovery: Five students form Smash the Stigma to fight substance abuse according to : thebrownandwhite', 'metaDescription': ''}}, {'name': 'features', 'data': {}}, {'name': 'messages', 'data': {'edit': 'Edit', 'linkCopiedToClipboard': 'Link copied to clipboard!', 'ok': 'Ok', 'postLink': 'Post Link'}}, {'name': 'template', 'data': {'name': 'custom', 'localizedName': 'Custom', 'isResponsive': true, 'isAlternateRendering': false, 'isCustom': true}}, {'name': 'view', 'data': {'classic': {'name': 'classic', 'url': '?view\x3dclassic'}, 'flipcard': {'name': 'flipcard', 'url': '?view\x3dflipcard'}, 'magazine': {'name': 'magazine', 'url': '?view\x3dmagazine'}, 'mosaic': {'name': 'mosaic', 'url': '?view\x3dmosaic'}, 'sidebar': {'name': 'sidebar', 'url': '?view\x3dsidebar'}, 'snapshot': {'name': 'snapshot', 'url': '?view\x3dsnapshot'}, 'timeslide': {'name': 'timeslide', 'url': '?view\x3dtimeslide'}, 'isMobile': false, 'title': 'Five students form Smash the Stigma to fight substance abuse according to : thebrownandwhite', 'description': 'The latest addiction news. addiction news in alcohol , drug abuse and recovery. Pulled from various sources', 'featuredImage': 'https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uEUWoaCc4D-K7dkIKvJrtIb20ewiRNVnRbRpxnN0lK8sTQy3tY0McjZxl1FoPkDNTaPEpKgiuhHFM1xCAeejwYKk3KPfMI7C9xxqMeopGQMwueV2zcLFh7DpldhJCIXeM3lLf3Sz4VJQZ8CRC9YFPSZRuRqGivvHPWl0j0', 'url': 'https://allabout-addiction.blogspot.com/2017/04/five-students-form-smash-stigma-to.html', 'type': 'item', 'isSingleItem': true, 'isMultipleItems': false, 'isError': false, 'isPage': false, 'isPost': true, 'isHomepage': false, 'isArchive': false, 'isLabelSearch': false, 'postId': 7960158623584246645}}, {'name': 'widgets', 'data': [{'title': 'From Addiction to Recovery (Header)', 'type': 'Header', 'sectionId': 'logo', 'id': 'Header1'}, {'title': 'Pages', 'type': 'PageList', 'sectionId': 'pages', 'id': 'PageList1'}, {'title': 'search ...', 'type': 'BlogSearch', 'sectionId': 'searchform', 'id': 'BlogSearch2'}, {'title': 'contact form', 'type': 'ContactForm', 'sectionId': 'AddOns', 'id': 'ContactForm200'}, {'title': 'Blog Posts', 'type': 'Blog', 'sectionId': 'Tempnec', 'id': 'Blog1', 'posts': [{'id': '7960158623584246645', 'title': 'Five students form Smash the Stigma to fight substance abuse according to : thebrownandwhite', 'featuredImage': 'https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uEUWoaCc4D-K7dkIKvJrtIb20ewiRNVnRbRpxnN0lK8sTQy3tY0McjZxl1FoPkDNTaPEpKgiuhHFM1xCAeejwYKk3KPfMI7C9xxqMeopGQMwueV2zcLFh7DpldhJCIXeM3lLf3Sz4VJQZ8CRC9YFPSZRuRqGivvHPWl0j0', 'showInlineAds': false}], 'headerByline': {'regionName': 'header1', 'items': [{'name': 'share', 'label': ''}, {'name': 'author', 'label': 'Written by:'}, {'name': 'timestamp', 'label': '-'}]}, 'footerBylines': [{'regionName': 'footer1', 'items': [{'name': 'comments', 'label': 'comments'}, {'name': 'icons', 'label': ''}]}, {'regionName': 'footer2', 'items': [{'name': 'labels', 'label': ''}]}], 'allBylineItems': [{'name': 'share', 'label': ''}, {'name': 'author', 'label': 'Written by:'}, {'name': 'timestamp', 'label': '-'}, {'name': 'comments', 'label': 'comments'}, {'name': 'icons', 'label': ''}, {'name': 'labels', 'label': ''}]}, {'title': 'social media icons', 'type': 'LinkList', 'sectionId': 'footer-social', 'id': 'LinkList2'}]}]); _WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_HeaderView', new _WidgetInfo('Header1', 'logo', document.getElementById('Header1'), {}, 'displayModeFull')); _WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_PageListView', new _WidgetInfo('PageList1', 'pages', document.getElementById('PageList1'), {'title': 'Pages', 'links': [], 'mobile': false, 'showPlaceholder': true, 'hasCurrentPage': false}, 'displayModeFull')); _WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_BlogSearchView', new _WidgetInfo('BlogSearch2', 'searchform', document.getElementById('BlogSearch2'), {}, 'displayModeFull')); _WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_ContactFormView', new _WidgetInfo('ContactForm200', 'AddOns', document.getElementById('ContactForm200'), {'contactFormMessageSendingMsg': 'Sending...', 'contactFormMessageSentMsg': 'Your message has been sent.', 'contactFormMessageNotSentMsg': 'Message could not be sent. Please try again later.', 'contactFormInvalidEmailMsg': 'A valid email address is required.', 'contactFormEmptyMessageMsg': 'Message field cannot be empty.', 'title': 'contact form', 'blogId': '3070199683225152425', 'contactFormNameMsg': 'Name', 'contactFormEmailMsg': 'Email', 'contactFormMessageMsg': 'Message', 'contactFormSendMsg': 'Send', 'contactFormToken': 'AOuZoY4OWaPHAN4Hwf54_Hh7fX9uwUsSUw:1751836810990', 'submitUrl': 'https://www.blogger.com/contact-form.do'}, 'displayModeFull')); _WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_BlogView', new _WidgetInfo('Blog1', 'Tempnec', document.getElementById('Blog1'), {'cmtInteractionsEnabled': false, 'lightboxEnabled': true, 'lightboxModuleUrl': 'https://www.blogger.com/static/v1/jsbin/1686512322-lbx.js', 'lightboxCssUrl': 'https://www.blogger.com/static/v1/v-css/123180807-lightbox_bundle.css'}, 'displayModeFull')); _WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_LinkListView', new _WidgetInfo('LinkList2', 'footer-social', document.getElementById('LinkList2'), {}, 'displayModeFull'));