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Alcohol Awareness Month 2025: Mindful Drinking, Healthier Living
April is Alcohol Awareness Month. Its purpose is to raise awareness of alcohol use and misuse. It offers communities a chance to gain more understanding of how individuals struggle with alcohol use and offers resources and support.
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Fentanyl on the Front Lines: A Supply and Demand Issue
Fentanyl is a problem. Not just close to home, where 5,622 Floridians died of fentanyl-related overdose in a single 12-month period, but across America. Every day, fentanyl and related synthetic drugs take the lives of 150 people. About 55,000 Americans die each year. On the part of government enforcement agencies, there is an all-out attack to stop fentanyl supply chains into the country.
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National Impaired Driving Prevention Month + Dry January
Drunk and impaired driving continue to be significant issues within our country. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that around 11,000 people die every year in drunk driving crashes. To help improve upon this situation, Narconon Suncoast raised awareness as a heavy advocate of National Impaired Driving Prevention Month in December.
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Florida Marijuana Bill Fails Despite $153 Million Push
Florida Amendment 3 proposed the legalization of recreational marijuana. Despite millions invested by “Big Marijuana,” it failed.
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DEA Take Back Day
Narconon Suncoast, a Florida-based addiction treatment program, provides resources and education around substance abuse leading up to the DEA’s upcoming Take Back Day on April 27, 2024.
Drug-Free for Good Award Recipient and Narconon Suncoast Graduate Celebrates 1 year of a Drug-Free Life!
Our Drug-Free for Good Award Recipient shares her amazing story, from getting hooked on narcotics due to medical reasons, to her amazing journey to a drug-free life that has culminated in beautiful and healed relationships with her sons and family.
A Relief Fund Geared Towards Helping Addicts—Why Not?
With more relief packages apparently on the table, I take a look at why treatment reform should be at the top of the priority list.
Surge in Overdoses Driven by Somber Numbers Early in the Pandemic
The early numbers from overdoses during the pandemic paint a very bleak picture for the numbers still to come. Now, more than ever, people need our help and we as a country need to examine what we are doing to help those in need.
Oregon Votes to Decriminalize Drugs Such as Heroin, Cocaine, and Meth With Addiction Treatment Initiative-Right Move?
Oregon became the first state to decriminalize illegal street drugs such as heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine when they voted in favor of Measure 110 by a 55.8% majority.
Massive Border Seizures of Methamphetamine Highlight Escalating Meth Problem in the United States
Recent headlines of massive border seizures regarding methamphetamine have been making the rounds lately, showing just how large of a demand there is for the drug in the United States and how the problem continues to annually escalate.