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| Website | Article Date | Summary | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Florida Driving Impaired Survey | 04/13/2018 |
The results of this study provide the Florida DHSMV with a substantial amount of information about Florida residents’ perceptions of and behaviors related to impaired driving. |
All Drug Information, Article, Florida, Impaired, Reports |
| Opioid use prevalent among electronic dance music partygoers | 04/13/2018 |
One in 10 electronic dance music (EDM) party attendees have misused opioids in the past year, exceeding the national average, finds a study by the Center for Drug Use and HIV/HCV Research (CDUHR) at NYU Meyers College of Nursing. |
Article, EDM, Opioid |
| REDUCING IMPAIRED DRIVING RECIDIVISM | 03/20/2018 |
Hillsborough County has consistently been ranked the worst or near the worst in Florida for DUI crashes, injuries, and fatalities. Given the dangers of impaired driving and the importance of reducing recidivism to promote long-term community safety, the State Attorney’s Office (SAO) has established the Reducing Impaired Driving Recidivism (“RIDR”) initiative. |
Article, State Attorney |
| Chronic heavy drinking leads to serious risk of dementia, study warns | 03/10/2018 |
Heavy drinkers are putting themselves at risk of dementia, according to the largest study of its kind ever conducted. |
Alcohol, Article, Heavy Drinkers |
| Largest study of its kind finds alcohol use biggest risk factor for dementia | 03/10/2018 |
Of the 57,000 cases of early-onset dementia (before the age of 65), the majority (57%) were related to chronic heavy drinking. |
Alcohol, Article, Study |
| Florida near top of list as traffic fatalities nationwide continued to surge in 2016 | 11/20/2017 |
Statistics become real when it a friend or family member that is an innocent victim of a drunk driver. #DriveSober Florida's traffic fatalities were up 43 percent in the first six months of this year compared to the same period in 2014 — the fifth-highest increase in that time frame in the country, according to preliminary estimates released Tuesday by the National Safety Council. |
Article |
| Opioid Prevention Kits- DFA | 08/31/2017 | DFA, Opioid, prescription drugs, Rx Drug | |
| CDC- Alcohol Use and Your Health | 03/12/2017 | Alcohol, Article, CDC, Infographic | |
| Infographic: Drinking And DUIs During The Holidays | 06/18/2016 | Alcohol, Article, DUI | |
| CDC Study Omits States Marijuana States | 06/17/2016 | Article, CDC, Colorado, Legalization, Oregon, Washington, youth usage | |
| Edibles And Concentrates Are Red-Hot, According To Latest Numbers | 06/14/2016 |
Colorado's legal cannabis sales continue to smash records, mainly because of the increased interest in concentrates and edibles. Dispensary sales in April surged by 58 percent over the same period previous year, according to Boulder-based BDS Analytics. |
Article, Colorado, Edibles, marijuana |
| FHP: Drunk wrong-way-driving deputy found hiding after crash | 06/12/2016 |
According to FHP, it was around 3:30 a.m. when Justin Garrett's Ford Explorer, heading southbound in the northbound lanes of I-75, clipped the truck just north of the Hillsborough-Manatee County line, and kept going |
Alcohol, Article, Hillsborough, wrong-way-driver |
| Florida's Crackdown On Opioids May Be Influencing Prescribing | 06/02/2016 | Forbes, Opioid, prescription drugs | |
| The Hardest Pill to Swallow | Tracy Jackson | TEDxNashville | 05/18/2016 |
Dr. Tracy Jackson presents the idea that "pain is in the brain" and explains why a pill won’t make it go away. Dr. Jackson explores the truths and consequences of how doctors and patients are getting it wrong in pain management and the way to make it right. |
Article, prescription drugs, Rx, Youtube |
| Sentiment still mixed as some celebrate 4/20 | 04/20/2016 | Article, marijuana, No2pot |