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Welcome to the e-Newsletter from Barnstable County Regional Substance Abuse Council. This newsletter is designed to provide timely information on substance abuse and other related topics for people living and working in Barnstable County.
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| FALMOUTH COMMUNITY FORUM | |
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Preventing & Treating Opiate Abuse
Representatives from the Barnstable County Regional Substance Abuse Council attended the Falmouth Community Forum on April 28th. The event, organized by the Falmouth Prevention Partnership, was held in order to discuss the prevention and treatment of opiate abuse in Falmouth.
Speakers included Police Chief Edward Dunne, Sheriff James Cummings, District Attorney Michael O'Keefe, Gosnold President/CEO Raymond Tamasi, Dr. Michael Bihari, Dr. Gary Simpson, and Kristoph Pydynkowski, LADCII.
For more information on the Falmouth Prevention Partnership, visit their website.
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| SENATE SPECIAL COMMITTEE | | | Drug Abuse and Treatment Options in the Commonwealth
Friday, May 2, 2014 - 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Cape Cod Community College
The Senate Special Committee on Drug Abuse and Treatment Options in the Commonwealth is holding a hearing on Friday, May 2nd, 2014 between 10AM and 12 PM at Cape Cod Community College. The hearing will be in the Science Building in Lecture Hall A.
The Committee will be inviting the following groups to provide testimony: law enforcement officials, district attorneys, sheriffs, police and fire officials, health centers, treatment providers, medical professionals, family advocates, educators, and school superintendents.
The Committee is interested in hearing about efforts to prevent and treat drug addiction in the community, as well as barriers to treatment that currently exist. Testimony will be heard by invitation only, however, this hearing will be open to the public. Members of the public are welcome to attend and provide written testimony.
For more information, please contact Shannon Moore at Shannon.moore@masenate.gov.
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| NATIONAL PREVENTION WEEK 2014 | |  SAMHSA's National Prevention Week 2014 - May 18-24
National Prevention Week is a SAMHSA-supported annual health observance dedicated to increasing public awareness of, and action around, substance abuse and mental health issues. This observance is powered by communities nationwide that host prevention-themed events to: - Increase the visibility of behavioral health and the benefits of prevention.
- Provide a forum to educate the public.
- Create opportunities for networking and collaboration.
For more information: View Save the Date Flyer |
| LEARN TO COPE | |
Learn to Cope is a support group for parents, family members, spouses, and caregivers who have a family member who is addicted to opiates, alcohol, or other drugs.
Learn to Cope offers experienced facilitators, resources, informational material, guest speakers (in long term recovery or professionals in the field), overdose education, and Narcan enrollment at all weekly meetings. Most of all, these meetings offer hope for recovery.
Weekly meetings are held on Tuesdays from 7-8:30 PM at the Yarmouth Police Station, One Brad Erickson Way. For more information call (508) 738-5148 or visit their website.
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| MASHPEE CARES | | |
Mashpee Cares is a community effort committed to building a safe and healthy environment for all Mashpee residents. The mission of Mashpee Cares is to mobilize the community to be attentive to the health, safety and wellness of all Mashpee residents.
Their goals involve, raising awareness of community resources, substance abuse, bullying, crime and poverty and promoting mental health, physical wellness and healthy lifestyles. They will be holding a number of upcoming events, including a community forum with Mashpee Police Chief Rodney Collins discussing substance abuse and its relation to crime and current department initiatives.
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SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY
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Prescription Drug Abuse
Prescription drug abuse can be the use of a medication without a prescription, using a prescribed medication a way other than as prescribed, or using a medication for the experience of mood altering effects.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has classified prescription drug abuse as an epidemic. According to several local police departments, there has been a rise in the number of overdoses from last year to this year. For example, one department reported an 89% increase in overdoses from 2013 to 2014 in the same four month time period.
In Barnstable County, every town's local police department has a drug collection box that is available to the public year round. On April 10th, the Yarmouth and Barnstable Police Departments hosted a discussion for healthcare professionals on combating prescription drug abuse in our community
For more information on prescription drug abuse and our community, view Prescription Drug Abuse Fact Sheet.
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| SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT | |
 Web-based intervention strengthens drug abuse treatmentA new study shows that incorporating the web-based Therapeutic Education System (TES) intervention in the treatment of drug abuse can not only help people stop using drugs, but can also keep them in treatment longer.
Patients given TES were less likely to drop out of treatment than those in the control group. Also, the web-based intervention helped patients stay abstinent from drug use, even those who were not abstinent at the beginning of the study. Read on ...
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| MASSACHUSETTS SUBSTANCE ABUSE HELPLINE | | |
Massachusetts Substance Abuse Helpline Connects People with Services: For tens of thousands of Massachusetts resident struggling with alcohol and other drug related issues,
(800) 327-5050 is an important number. Read more ...
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