Take Back Prescription Drugs, But Maybe Also Give Out Less.
By Jeffrey L. Reynolds, Ph.D, CEAP It looks like the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)'s third National Take-Back Day held on Saturday was once again a success. This coordinated effort to collect potentially dangerous, expired, misused and unwanted prescription drugs for safe destruction is of course, important to our efforts to reign-in... Read more »
October 31, 2011 eNewsletter
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NYSDOH RX Secrecy is a Prescription for Disaster
By Jeffrey L. Reynolds, Ph.D, CEAP Kudos to Newsday for a great piece of investigative reporting published yesterday. The cover story detailed how staff at the NYS Department of Health wrote an internal memo to a NYSDOH Deputy Commissioner in July, advising him that up to 1.4 million blank prescription forms... Read more »
October 24, 2011 eNewsletter
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October 17, 2011 eNewsletter
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October 10, 2011 eNewsletter
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LICADD To Honor Dr. Stephen L. Dewey at 22nd Annual Peter Sweisgood Breakfast on Nov. 13th
The Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence’s 22nd Annual Peter Sweisgood Breakfast will be held on Sunday, November 13, 2011 from 10:00AM-1:00PM at the Melville Marriott and among those being honored is Dr. Stephen L. Dewey. Dr. Dewey received his Ph.D. at the University of Iowa and completed his... Read more »
LICADD’s 22nd Annual Peter Sweisgood Breakfast Honors Addiction Treatment, Prevention and Media Champions
The Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence’s 22nd Annual Peter Sweisgood Breakfast will be held on Sunday, November 13, 2011 from 10:00AM-1:00PM at the Melville Marriott. This year’s honorees include: Treatment Champion Stewart Paul (posthumously), former Associate Director at LICADD, “Grand Old Man of Seafield” and Recovery Advocate;... Read more »
“I’m already learning more than I ever could inside a classroom.”
The story of my journey to LICADD is a surprisingly short one: while discussing the first year internship with my advisor at Adelphi University I said that I'd like to work with drug dependent individuals, and despite telling me that "We try to give you the opposite of what you... Read more »
October 3, 2011 eNewsletter
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