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- 15 Oct
RJ Ontiveros Celebration Concert
RJ Ontiveros Celebration Concert An all-ages fund-raising concert benefitting BARC
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- 25 Sep
Problem Behaviors Can Signal Risk in Prescribing Opioids to Teens
In the years 2007 to 2009, more than 1 in 5 high school seniors nationwide had used an opioid painkiller (e.g., Vicodin, OxyContin, Percodan, Percocet, Demerol, Dilaudid, morphine, or codeine) at least once in their lives. Roughly 1 in 8 […]
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- 25 Sep
Anyone can become addicted. Anyone.
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- 19 Aug
Marijuana Taxes May Not Be Used For Prevention As Campaign Promised
The campaign to legalize marijuana promised that almost a quarter of the taxes from those sales would fund education and prevention efforts. Read more >>
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- 25 Jun
Gender Neutral Bathroom Signs
A special thanks to the folks at www.mydoorsign.com for their support of creating gender neutral bathrooms on Vashon Island. If you would like to purchase a sign, please contact them directly: (800) 952-1457 Check out the different options they have […]
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- 19 Jun
Safe pot? Tell that to the 62 kids who died
Marijuana is an addictive and hazardous drug. But lately, some have taken to proclaiming that “marijuana is safer than alcohol,” a message that is not only wrong but dangerous. According to the Arizona Department of Health Services, in a study […]
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- 19 Jun
Colorado Supreme Court: Employers can fire for off-duty pot use
The Colorado Supreme Court voted 6-0 to uphold the right of employers to maintain a drug-free workplace. The decision upheld similar rulings by lower courts. The case grew out of a lawsuit brought by Brandon Coats who was fired by […]
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- 17 Jun
Addiction Is a Disease of Free Will
When I was five or six years old, my grandfather — my mother’s father — died of what I was always told were complications of heart disease. It was not until much later, after I had completed my medical training […]
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- 15 Jun
Rep. Tim Murphy Discusses the Reintroduction of His Landmark Mental Health Bill
Congressman Tim Murphy (R-PA) speaks on the House floor about the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2015, H.R. 2646.
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- 12 Jun
Transgender Kids Tell Their Story
By NICHOLAS KRISTOF, New York Times For many of us, transgender has been a largely invisible issue. Growing up in rural Oregon, I didn’t know anyone who was openly gay, let alone transgender. Yet in fact it should be […]
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