The DSHS Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery, in partnership with the Washington Traffic Safety Commission and the Washington Healthy Youth Coalition, is pleased to offer a new DVD: Facts About Marijuana. This four minute video contains...
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July 24, 2015
For your information, a new document for families/guardians, How to File a Petition to Detain a Family Member, is posted on the BHSIA Mental Health Services...
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In a small rural community you know everyone and their story, says Steve McCullough, who’s spent the past 15 years as an administrator for the sole pre-K-12 public school in the tiny northeast Washington town of Curlew. He’s seen students and their families struggle with poverty, unemployment, mental illness, substance abuse and other risk factors for suicide. As in most rural areas, it’s easy to access a gun but hard to get help for—or even talk about—issues...
read more July 24, 2015
SAMHSA's Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT) presents:
Pitching Prevention: Building Capacity through Communication
National Webinar Series
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To register for one or more of these calls, click on this link, complete the short registration form, then scroll to the bottom of the form....
read more July 24, 2015
The Olympian - By Melissa Santos
Technically, smoking pot while driving a car has been legal in Washington for more than two years.
That will change this fall when a new state law banning open containers of pot in vehicles goes into effect.
Among other provisions dealing with impaired driving, House Bill 1276 prohibits transporting unsealed packages of marijuana products in a car's passenger area.
That means loose joints, open bags of bud or partially...
read more July 22, 2015
Increase in edible marijuana intoxication among King County children – The Woodinville Weekly
An increasing number of King County residents are being poisoned by eating edible marijuana products, and health officials warn that children are particularly at risk. Marijuana intoxication in children can lead to anxiety attacks,...
read more July 22, 2015
Why a Teen's Reasons for Using Marijuana Matter [livescience.com] – LiveScience
Marijuana may...
read more July 11, 2015
New Research Finds First-Time Rx Painkiller Prescriptions Tend to be Refilled Again and Again
Mayo Clinic researchers have found that one in four people who were taking prescription painkillers for the first time progressed to long-term prescriptions.
The study, “Incidence and Risk Factors for Progression From Short-term to Episodic or Long-term Opioid Prescribing,” also found that people with histories of tobacco use and substance abuse were...
read more July 11, 2015
Banned Flavored Cigarettes Still Available for Sale Online
Flavored cigarettes, banned more than five years ago by the Food and Drug Administration, are still popular and available online, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine researchers found.
Researchers searched the internet and found that there were 291 percent more online searches for the company's illegal flavored cigarettes than its replacement cigars. The latter are still...
read more July 10, 2015
Washington will seek approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to implement a demonstration project—through a Section 1115 waiver authority—that engages and supports Apple Health (Medicaid) clients, providers, and communities in achieving improved health, better care, and lower costs (the triple aim). This component of Healthier Washington will provide flexibility to fund nontraditional services for targeted populations and use federal savings to finance...
read more July 7, 2015
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
8:00am to 5:00pm
Hilton Seattle Airport Hotel & Conference Center
The Latino Health Forum broadens the discussion about Latino health to include social justice, community partnerships, and strategies to advance health care and policy priorities that improve the health of Latinos. This year’s theme is Be the Voice, Foster the Change: Powerful Partnerships for Latino Health Equity.
Register on-line: ...
read more July 7, 2015
Department of Defense
Modification 2
http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=276646
The intent of the Community Partners in Suicide Prevention Outreach and Education (CPSPOE) is to address Section 706 by supporting outreach and education to such members, their families and caregivers, and the public about suicide prevention, mental health and substance...
read more July 4, 2015
There is a SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment) Grant Opportunity for SBIRT Electronic Health Record Modifications (Up to $27,864 per selected organization), and/or SBIRT Clinic Implementation Planning (Up to $66,667 per selected organization.
The deadline to apply for this grant opportunity is July 10, 2015...
read more June 20, 2015
By Alicia Wallace and Jordan Steffen, The Denver Post
Employers' zero-tolerance drug policies trump Colorado's medical marijuana laws, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday.
In a 6-0 decision, the high court affirmed lower court rulings that businesses can fire employees for the use of medical marijuana — even if it's off-duty.
With...
read more June 20, 2015
Colorado Supreme Court: Employers can fire for off-duty pot use
By Alicia Wallace and Jordan Steffen, The Denver Post
Employers' zero-tolerance drug policies trump Colorado's medical marijuana laws, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday.
In a 6-0 decision, the high court affirmed lower court rulings that businesses can fire...
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