The National Council for Mental Wellbeing now has a Cannabis Resource Center to help our youth navigate substance use! The Cannabis Resource Center from the Getting Candid: Framing the Conversation Around Youth Substance Use Prevention Initiative provides facts and resources to have conversations with youth about cannabis. View the resource center: bit.ly/3BpWKGI
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From Public Health Communications Collaborative: COVID-19, the flu, and RSV are surging in many parts of the country in what health experts and news media are calling a “tripledemic” of respiratory illnesses. With cases and hospitalizations on the rise, some public health authorities are revisiting indoor mask guidance. Get your questions answered: bit.ly/3iZwQTO
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Thank you to Dominion Energy for awarding us this generous grant to Increase Access to Integrated Pharmaceutical Care and Medication for Under- and Uninsured Children and Adults in Northern Virginia. It can be difficult to afford medications, but that doesn’t mean people in need should be without them. We will see that this grant money
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“Overdose deaths are often attributed to more than one drug, either knowingly or unknowingly combined. Significant portions of stimulant deaths – 49% of deaths involving methamphetamine and 71% of deaths involving cocaine – now involve a synthetic opioid, primarily fentanyl.” More on this infographic from National Institute for Health Care Management: bit.ly/3uaB51j
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Nova ScriptsCentral, along with Culmore Clinic, was recently highlighted in a Telemundo 44 Washington, D.C. broadcast! NSC is grateful to work with Culmore Clinic in order to improve the health and wellbeing of our local community. See the full broadcast: bit.ly/3gTTqN4
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Rates of anxiety, depression, suicide, and other mental health conditions are on the rise for adolecents. Mental Health America has resources to help! Due to popular demand, they have created Spanish-language fact sheets, posters and worksheets that can be downloaded here: bit.ly/3zpRu4W
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