by Bambi Baughn | Jun 6, 2018 | News
The Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) allows low-income seniors in Central Ohio to obtain produce from local farmers. LifeCare Alliance will be distributing coupons in Fayette County on Thursday, June 14 from 9 – 11 AM at the Community Action...
by Bambi Baughn | May 4, 2018 | News
How Does Marijuana Use Affect School, Work, and Social Life? Research has shown that marijuana’s negative effects on attention, memory, and learning can last for days or weeks after the acute effects of the drug wear off, depending on the user’s history with the...
by Bambi Baughn | May 4, 2018 | News
Majority of High School Seniors Don’t View Marijuana as Harmful 71 percent of high school seniors don’t view regular marijuana use as harmful, according to the 2017 Monitoring the Future Survey, an annual survey of eighth, 10th, and 12th-graders by the National...
by Bambi Baughn | May 4, 2018 | News
When it Comes to Medicine – Teach Your Kids NOT to Share! The rates of Adderall misuse and abuse among high school seniors remains unacceptably high. The 2016 national Monitoring the Future survey reports that the prescription stimulant Adderall® remains the second...
by Bambi Baughn | May 4, 2018 | News
What Is the Difference Between Misuse and Abuse? The number of emergency department visits due to misuse or abuse of prescription drugs has risen 98.4% since 2004. The terms misuse and abuse are often used interchangeably, but there is a distinct difference. The Food...
by Bambi Baughn | May 4, 2018 | News
Is Drug Addiction a Mental Illness? According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) drug addiction is classified as a mental illness because addiction changes the brain in fundamental ways, disturbing a person’s normal hierarchy of needs and desires,...
