University of Oregon’s SAPP Professional Development Program ~Community Organizing~

Published May 8, 2013

University of Oregon’s SAPP Professional Development Program ~Community Organizing~ – Nigel Wrangham, A Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor and Certified Prevention Specialist, has been active in the field of substance abuse prevention and co…

Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights (05/03/2013)

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Colorado is considering SB 250, which would make a number of revisions to drug-offense sentencing. Colorado's House passed a pretrial diversion program for adults (HB 1156) and a bill to reduce the punishment for theft (HB 1160); both bills are now …
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Oregon's Math Problem: How To Measure Health?

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To figure out where to start, Oregon Health and Science University studied how often doctors currently ask patients about drug or alcohol abuse — not just whether they smoke or drink, but specifically about abuse of those substances. The answer was …
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