It is important to try other pain management options before taking a prescription opioid. Prescription opioids are known to be highly addictive, and other pain management options often offer the same sort of relief without the risks. We will be highlighting different options over the next few weeks, this week being therapeutic injections! What are […]

The National Drug Early Warning System, or NDEWS is funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and provides insights to the drug trends the United States is seeing. One interesting emerging trend mentioned was that the opioid crisis is now about synthetics and polydrug use. Robert DuPont, MD explains how the opioid epidemic needs […]

Join us, for our pursuing wellness webinars! Open to anyone! These trainings are completely FREE and you will be able to get CPS hours for attending. These webinars are broken up into middle and high school content, as well as a separate parent content. Middle/High School: Tuesday April 28th @9am CST Parent: Thursday April 30th […]

Mental health has been a big concern for health officials during these unprecedented times. Mental health is just as important as physical health, and in this time of quarantine people might be more susceptible to feeling alone, anxious, or depressed. Luckily in this time of advanced technology, teleservice has become more available for these symptoms […]

In last weeks blog post we highlighted how important it is to stay connected during the uncertain time of COVID-19. To go off that, I found an article with 40 ways to stay connected linked here: https://parade.com/1011597/nicolepajer/ways-to-stay-social-coronavirus/. Even though it is a long list, I wanted to highlight 10 ideas that I thought I would […]

For Week 2 of our Wellness Series, we want to share tips and resources from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Some of their tips listed were: ·       Meditate ·       Take deep breaths ·       Stretch ·       Try to eat well balanced/healthy meals ·       Exercise regularly ·       Get plenty of sleep ·       Take time to do […]

During this uncertain time with the COVID-19 events, it is important to take care of your mental health! Mental health is just as important as physical health and we should not forget that in a time like this. As someone who often feels anxious in times of uncertainty, one tool I often use is to […]

Count It! Lock It! Drop It! is excited to announce the launch of our new training content series: Pursuing Wellness. The middle and high school trainings will cover the following objectives: Understanding risks associated with misusing prescription drugs including self-medicating/sharing Identifying safe prescription medication practices Utilizing healthier self-care practice methods including reaching out to resources […]