iSWAG facilitates a multifaceted leadership and prevention training process for Ward 7 youth.
iSWAG is committed to building Healthy, Healing, Safe, Thriving, Resilient and Drug Free Communities The North Ward 7 iSWAG Prevention Team engages, educates and activates youth leaders in a collective effort to change the local conditions connected to root causes of youth substance use. I’m Spreading the Word and Advocating for the Greater Good (iSWAG) seeks to empower a group of Ward 7 youth to lead and advocate for their peers and parents to adopt healthy and substance free lifestyles.
04/18/2018
NNED | National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month National Network to Eliminate Disparities (NNED) supports information sharing, training and technical assistance among organizations and communities dedicated to the behavioral health and well-being of diverse communities.
10/27/2017
Does Smoking Pot Lead To More S*x? Surveys of 50,000 people found that those who smoked ma*****na had s*x more often than those who abstained from the drug. What's unclear is whether other factors explain the apparent link.
10/27/2017
Vince wants to hear from youth aged 21 years old & under at the "Public Oversight Hearing on "Youth Issues & Solutions for Improving Health in DC" | Sat. Nov. 4th | 11:00 AM | Rm 500 | 1350 Pennsylvania Ave., NW | RSVP (202) 654-6179 or [email protected]
10/22/2017
Teens Mental Illness and Substance Use Why do some children and teens start using substances at a very young age? Often, they have a co-occurring disorder or more than one, that make them want to take something to feel better, or feel normal. They turn to substances to serve that purpose. Conversely, sometimes children take substances th...
10/22/2017
Exposure to Substance Use Prevention Messages among Adolescents The percentages of adolescents who were exposed to drug or alcohol use prevention messages in the past year by talking with their parents, through the media, or through school sources were generally lower in 2015 than in most years between 2002 and 2012 and were comparable with 2013 and 2014. In 201...
10/22/2017
Substance Use On College Campuses Please join national leaders in higher education, substance use prevention and policymaking
10/22/2017
Study reveals risk factors for substance use problems, as well as resilience A new study explores factors increasing the risk for substance use problems among African-American/Black and Latino adults residing in a high-risk urban community, as well as patterns of resilience. It reveals that serious risk factors are highly prevalent and strongly associated with substance misu...
10/17/2017
Ex-DEA agent: Opioid crisis fueled by drug industry and Congress Whistleblower Joe Rannazzisi says drug distributors pumped opioids into U.S. communities -- knowing that people were dying -- and says industry lobbyists and Congress derailed the DEA's efforts to stop it