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Drug Awareness and Prevention Inc.

 
OUR VISION. OUR MISSION.
 
To lessen the demand for illicit drugs through education.
 
FDA cracking down on teen's 'Juul' vapes
  • FDA cites 40 retailers for violations related to youth sales of JUUL e-cigarettes
  • Agency announces a new blitz of retail establishments targeting youth sale violations
  • Agency takes new action to examine youth appeal of JUUL
  • Agency takes steps to foreclose online sales of JUUL to minors
  • These are the first steps in a new effort aimed at stopping youth use of e-cigarette

Protecting our nation’s youth from the dangers of tobacco products is among the most important responsibilities of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration – and it’s an obligation I take personally. We recognize that if the FDA is to end the tragic cycle of successive generations of nicotine and tobacco addiction, we must take every opportunity to disrupt that process where it starts: youth access to and use of tobacco products.

That’s why, as part of our comprehensive plan announced in July, we’re pursuing a policy to prevent future generations from becoming addicted in the first place by rendering cigarettes minimally or non-addictive. A key part of that plan was establishing the foundational framework for regulating non-combustible tobacco products for adults, like e-cigarettes.
Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D

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Marijuana and Other Drugs of Addiction:
What Educators Need to Know


On Septebmer 27th, 2019 3:00PM-4:00PM EST, Nancy E. Pommerening, OCPS and Director: Drug Awareness and Prevention Inc. provided an overview of marijuana, its dangers, and how youth attitudes towards it have changed in a special online seminar. In addition, we will examine other illicit drugs, the process of addiction, and possible solutions to the opiate crisis and other substances of abuse..

 

The Epidemic

Why is Heroin Use on the rise?

Opioid prescription drug dependence is at an epidemic level in the United States.  At a street price of $1 per milligram, Rx addiction becomes very expensive.  Regulations designed to make it more difficult to abuse prescription painkillers are leading to an increase in heroin addiction.  Heroin is the street alternative to opiate pills.  A balloon of heroin (approx.. 1/10 of a gram) retails on the street for about $10 in Columbus, Ohio.

  • One in five teens (4.5 million) has abused Rx drugs
  • One in three teens surveyed say ther is “noting wrong” with abusing prescription drugs” every once in a while.
  • The truth of the matter is, once you get involved with heroin – you have to fight your way out.

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Workplace Safety Programs

A Drug-Free Workplace can increase productivity and save money.  We work with you on your Written Policy, and provide required Employee Education, and Supervisor Training.

Workplace Drug or Alcohol Abuse affects you:

  • 74% of drug addicts are employed
  • Substance abuse is responsible for over 50% of workplace theft
  • U.S. employers are held responsible by courts or the public for substance abuse by their employees
  • 15% to 17% of U.S. employees affect their workplace through substance abuse.
 

See details or email us at info@DrugAwarenessAndPrevention.org.

 



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 Danica Juillerat says she's shocked by the impact of drugs on the brain. [photo: Kevin Niedermier/ wksu]
Danica Juillerat says she's shocked by the impact of drugs on the brain.
[photo: Kevin Niedermier/ wksu]


Beating Ohio's Heroin Epidemic Begins in Kindergarten

Director Nancy Pommerening was recently inverviewed by Kevin Niedermier at WKSU radio, Kent State University.  The result was an article titled "Beating Ohio's Heroin Epidemic Begins in Kindergarten."

The article came about as a result of Attorney General DeWine's recent summit on the current opiate crisis facing Ohio that was held in Cleveland, Ohio on April 1,  2016  called "Taking Back Our Communities."  At that summit, AG DeWine asked Pommerening to talk about the Brain Power program. 

There was great interest from the audience in the concept of prevention through early and consistent education.  Further in the inteview, there is a segment from Jeanne Senchak, a counselor from the Austintown Schools, one of the first adopters of the Brain Power program.  Mrs. Senchak explains how the program actually works in a public school setting.  The audio version that was broadcast on public radio's Ideastream is available here: