Next week is Red Ribbon Week!!!  Since we are unable to hold in-person Red Ribbon assemblies this year in San Diego, we created a virtual assembly video for elementary school children.

This 13 minute virtual Red Ribbon assembly is geared towards elementary school children.  It briefly explores each of the following topics that we would typically discuss/demonstrate at an in-person assembly:  a cartoon about Red Ribbon Week; police dogs and their senses of smell; airplanes and helicopters, lab suits used when cleaning up chemicals, and making healthy choices.

I hope that you will share the video – in whole or in part – with your students.  The video can be found on YouTube at:  

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s6te8P6Zk8M

DUI-related fatality crashes are spiking across San Diego County at a record-setting pace, officials said Tuesday, with this year's total marking the most fatal DUIs in two decades.

Local prosecutors and law enforcement officials said 35 people have died in DUI crashes this year, already eclipsing last year's total. In 2020, 33 people were killed, which was the worst such year in San Diego County going back more than two decades, despite fewer drivers on local roadways due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The county typically averages around 15 to 20 DUI fatalities annually.

The DA said more than half of DUI drivers this year have had a combination of alcohol and another substance in their system. Among those cases, 30 percent involved cannabis.’

To view NBC article click here.

Hosted by San Diego and Imperial County HIDTA. This free virtual webinar will feature Dr. Roneet Lev and Joe Eberstein. They will be discussing the impacts the retail marijuana market is having on public health and how that effects children.

Registration link here.

Each time you pick up a prescription, your pharmacist might ask if you have any questions about how to take your medication or advise you about which other prescriptions might cause a dangerous interaction. Now, several local pharmacists, including Dr. Seung Oh, the pharmacy supervisor at Sharp Rees-Stealy Santee Medical Center, want you to also be cautioned that your medications could lead to potentially harmful reactions when combined with using marijuana, also known as cannabis.

To see SHARP article click here.

Anytime you take more than one medication, or even mix it with certain foods, beverages, or over-the-counter medicines, you are at risk of a drug interaction. Most drug interactions are not serious, but because a few are, it is important to understand the possible outcome before you take your medications.Resources like Drugs.com can help you check for drug interactions. By clicking the link below you can enter the prescription medicine and check for medication interactions, specifically interactions that involve THC, CBD and cannabis.

Click here to go to checker.