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Coalition meeting
Donnie Caldwell, with the First Tee program in Bell County, will be the guest at the Coalition’s next meeting Thursday, November 10, at Ken and Paul’s Steakhouse.
HOFNOD “Take Me Fishing”
The final Hooked On Fishing-Not On Drugs “Take Me Fishing” event for Harlan County in 2011 was held October 8 at Martins Fork Lake. HOFNOD teaches the basics of safe and ethical angling combined with long-term mentoring and providing positive life skills with conservation education. For details contact Thomas or Joyce Heck at 606-574-9213. To view more photos click here.
Clean Your Medicine Cabinet Out Day – Cumberland
Harlan County residents disposed of 20,000 unwanted, unused and out-of-date medications by feeding them to UNITE’s “Pill Dragon” – a mobile incinerator – at a free “Clean Your Medicine Cabinet Out Day” event held August 12 at the Tri-City Clinic pharmacy. For details ontact is Angela Creech at 606-574-8039, acreech@arh.org or visit the “Pill Dragon” page on the website.
Cawood Elementary receives UNITE Club award
During a pizza party provided by Operation UNITE on November 10, 2010, approximately 75 students learned their school’s anti-drug UNITE Club was selected to receive the “Karen Engle Youth Impact Award” winner for elementary schools in the central region. The award, for excellence during the 2009-10 school year, recognizes clubs that have gone above and beyond to spread the anti-drug message through unique and innovative programs within both their school and community. This award also reflects Clubs that have established strong mentoring programs. For story click here. For more photos click here.
Support groups
An average of 50 youth continue to attend the weekly Celebrate Recovery meetings held at Cumberland baptist Church. An average of 35 participants attend the weekly meetings at Harlan Christian Church. Reformers Unanimous sessions at Immanuel Baptist Church in Teetersville draws an average of 20 participants.
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Surgeon General to speak at Rx Summit
Prescription drug abuse is a growing public health concern. U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Regina M. Benjamin will address the need for major public health initiatives across many fields during the first National Rx Drug Abuse Summit in April. “The negative impacts of substance abuse span a broad spectrum, including health care costs, public safety, economic development and social services. As...
Read MoreNation’s top drug official to speak at Rx Summit
The nation’s top official in the war on drugs will be a keynote presenter at the first National Rx Drug Abuse Summit next April. R. Gil Kerlikowske, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), has identified prescription drug abuse as a top priority for public health in the United States. “Mr. Kerlikowske is very aware of the devastating impacts of prescription...
Read MoreAppalachia engages nation on Rx abuse
Citing the importance of a drug-free population to sustainable economic growth, the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has agreed to serve as Operation UNITE’s educational partner for the National Rx Drug Abuse Summit next spring. The Summit will take place April 10-12 in Florida, the heart of a prescription pill pipeline responsible for bringing approximately 60 percent of diverted drugs...
Read MoreABC Nightline examines meth labs in KY
Methamphetamine abuse is exploding across rural America now that cooks with the right elements can set up shop virtually anywhere, and in Kentucky, meth labs have nearly tripled in the past three years. ABC Nightline National Correspondant Chris Bury and Producer Melia Patria went undercover with Operation UNITE and local law enforcement agencies in April 2011 examining the problems posed by...
Read MoreForum addresses addiction issues
PRESTONSBURG – More than 125 professionals from across the region participated in an educational forum on addiction-related issues Saturday, November 12. The “Kentucky Medical Communities UNITED” program, hosted by Operation UNITE’s Medical Advisory Council at Allen Baptist Church, was the first of four state-wide forums to be offered through an Appalachian Regional Commission grant and...
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