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Holiday Self Care

November 20, 2020 By Alex Windings Leave a Comment

The holidays are coming up! We hope you are staying warm and healthy during this time. We want to remind you of the importance of prescription drug safety measures as others may be coming over to celebrate the holidays. Count your pills every 2 weeks to make sure none are missing Lock your pills up, […]

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Red Ribbon Week

October 19, 2020 By Alex Windings 1 Comment

Red Ribbon Week

Red Ribbon Week is October 23rd-30th. What is Red Ribbon Week? Red Ribbon week was started by President Reagan in 1988 and is the largest drug prevention campaign in the nation. Started after the death of DEA Special Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena. His friend Henry Lozano and Congressman Duncan Hunter wore red ribbons as a […]

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DEA Take-Back Day October 24th!

October 7, 2020 By Alex Windings Leave a Comment

DEA Take-Back Day October 24th!

The DEA’s next Prescription Drug Take-Back Day is coming up on October 24, 2020! Last fall we collected 26,263 pounds of unused or expired prescription drugs here in Tennessee. This is a great day to clean out unwanted medications while informing your community about the risks of prescription drug misuse. This year may look a […]

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International Overdose Awareness Day

August 29, 2020 By Alex Windings Leave a Comment

International Overdose Awareness Day

A friendly reminder from the CLD family, that International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD) is August 31st. This global event is held every year, and aims to reduce stigma and bring awareness to overdose and drug related death.  We would like to take this time and tell you we are thinking of you, and inform you […]

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Options before Opioids- Physical Therapy

July 20, 2020 By Alex Windings Leave a Comment

This week’s alternative pain relief strategy is physical therapy! Physical therapy is one of the most successful strategies for chronic pain, and long-term results. Physical therapists are trained to assess your condition and help you regain functional mobility and independence. How does it work? Physical therapy works to strengthen the body, reduce pain and improve […]

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Options before Opioids-Chiropractic Manipulation

July 16, 2020 By Alex Windings 1 Comment

Options before Opioids-Chiropractic Manipulation

This week’s alternative pain relief strategy is chiropractic manipulation! What is it? Practitioners use their hands or a device to apply a controlled thrusted pressure to a joint Adjusts and realigns spine or other parts of the body Controlled sudden force, that may produce a popping or cracking sound Aims to reduce pain and improve […]

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Options before Opioids- Acupuncture

July 6, 2020 By Alex Windings Leave a Comment

Options before Opioids- Acupuncture

To continue our options before opioids series, this week will focus on acupuncture. What is it? Acupuncture is an ancient Chinese medicine-based approach, which triggers specific points on the skin with needles. Minimally invasive method to stimulate nerve-rich areas of skin, to influence tissues, glands, organs, and various functions of the body. Each needle produces […]

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Options before Opioids- Therapeutic Injections

June 29, 2020 By Alex Windings Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Emerging Trends

June 9, 2020 By Alex Windings Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Giveaway Details

May 1, 2020 By Alex Windings Leave a Comment

Giveaway Details

CLD Partners! It’s GIVEAWAY TIME! Thanks to our friends at DisposeRX, who donated some of their home disposal kits, we are excited to be hosting a #QuarantinePrevention social media challenge together! Follow the rules below and your organization could win 100 packets of DisposeRx and a box of CLD goodies to provide to your community! […]

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