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The deadliest phase of the street fentanyl crisis appears to have ended, as drug deaths continue to drop at an unprecedented pace. For the first time, all 50 states and the District of Columbia have now seen at least some recovery.
A new analysis of U.S. overdose data conducted by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill also found that the decline in deaths began much earlier than once understood, suggesting improvements may be sustainable.
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Join the CPHI, San Diego County Office of Education, MADD, TREDS at UC San Diego for a teen safe driving event on March 13th. This is a virtual training focused on teens before Prom and Grad season.
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The Substance Use and Overdose Prevention Task Force (SUOPT) is hosting a free training on March 19th regarding Proposition 36 and changes in the law regarding some drug and theft offenses. James A. Fontaine, Division Chief, Major Narcotics Division San Diego County District Attorneys Office will be presenting.
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The report describes in detail the different regulatory frameworks that exist in different states, and it draws on prior research to identify policies that are likeliest to have the greatest impact protecting public health. Those include approaches like restrictions on retail sales,pricing, and marketing; putting limits or caps on THC content in products; and laws about cannabis-impaired driving. They also could include different forms of taxation and even state monopolies. While state monopolies have not yet been tried with cannabis, they have proven effective at reducing the public health impacts of alcohol.
To view NIDA blog, click here.
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The Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PTTC) Network works to improve implementation and delivery of effective substance use prevention interventions and provide training and technical assistance services to the substance misuse prevention field.
It does this by developing and disseminating tools and strategies needed to improve the quality of substance misuse prevention efforts; providing intensive technical assistance and learning resources to prevention professionals in order to improve their understanding of prevention science, epidemiological data, and implementation of evidence-based and promising practices; and, developing tools and resources to engage the next generation of prevention professionals.
For more information click here.
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