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Our mission is to develop, implement, evaluate and sustain a multi-strategy county-wide effort to prevent opioid abuse, addiction, overdose, and death.

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Women who drink regularly are at significantly greater risk for liver damage than men even if they drink less or for a shorter time.


Women more likely to have chronic pain, be prescribed prescription pain relievers, given higher doses, + use longer than men. #opioidabuse


Women may become dependent on prescription pain relievers more quickly than men. #opioidabuse


Women may become dependent on prescription pain relievers more quickly than men. #opiodabuse #substanceabuse #opioidepidemic


Women develop alcoholic liver disease after a comparatively shorter period of heavy drinking and at a lower level of daily drinking than men


Women are more likely to have chronic pain, be prescribed prescription pain relievers, be given higher doses, and use them for longer time periods than men. #opiodabuse #substanceabuse #opioidepidemic


When blood alcohol levels rise slowly, people are less likely to experience blackouts, even if they eventually become intoxicated.


Vomiting is part of the automatic defense system of the body activated to prevent more alcohol from being absorbed.


Two-thirds of teens who abuse prescription drugs did so before the age of 16.2 #opiodabuse


Total drug overdoses killed more Americans than firearms or motor vehicle accidents in 2010. #opiodabuse


Tolerance means you may not feel the effects of alcohol as you continue to use, but your blood alcohol concentration level may remain high.


Thousands of rogue websites selling prescription drug products do not require a valid prescription. #opiodabuse


There is a greater incidence of alcohol misuse in women with eating disorders, especially bulimia, than in the general population.


There are roughly 1.5 billion episodes of binge drinking among 18 and up in the US each year, most involve adults age 26+.


The US is in the midst of an opioid overdose epidemic. If you or someone you know needs help, effective treatment is available and can save lives. #opiodabuse #substanceabuse #opioidepidemic


The total number of alcohol ads on network, local and cable television increased to 289,381 in 2002, a 39% hike from 2001.


The Task Force also recommends enhanced enforcement of laws prohibiting the sale of alcohol to minors to reduce such sales.


The presence of food in the stomach slows the rate of alcohol absorption. However the amount of alcohol absorbed remains unchanged.


The prescribing rates for prescription opioids among adolescents and young adults nearly doubled from 1994 to 2007. #opioidabuse


The prescribing rates for prescription opioids among adolescents and young adults nearly doubled from 1994 to 2007. #opiodabuse #substanceabuse #opioidepidemic


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