EDUCATION ON DRUGS
How Public Interest Groups Can Reduce the Prescription Drug Addiction Epidemic
For some time now we have known that our nation’s drug crisis will not resolve with only government action alone. It’s become apparent, now twenty years into the largest addiction epidemic that our country has likely ever seen, that curbing drug addiction within our communities will take community action, as well as federal and state support.
Should Medical Schools Teach Doctors about Addiction?
In a nation stuck in its worst addiction epidemic yet, one would think that our medical professionals would be fully prepared to help addicted patients. But quite the opposite is true. In fact, according to Jan Hoffman’s paper for CNBC, only about 15 out of 180 medical programs in the U.S. teach their medical students about addiction to alcohol, drugs, or tobacco.
Narconon Arrowhead Congratulates AmeriCorps Volunteers to the Boys and Girls Club
Drug education is important for anyone, but especially for young boys and girls. Recently, the McAlester Boys and Girls Club of America received an important talk about drugs and helped them understand the need to refrain from drug use.
