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Practice Medication Safety by Remembering Your MEDS

It’s important to keep yourself and those around you safe when it comes to prescription drugs. Making a few simple changes in how you think about and act around prescription medications can make a big difference in staying safe. Start with these prescription...

Prescription Drug Disposal Locations in DeKalb County, Georgia

According to the CDC and SAMHSA, most teens and adults who misuse prescription pain relievers report that they got them from family and friends, including their own home’s medicine cabinets. Many of us have expired, unused or unwanted prescription drugs at home....

Evolving Teen Groups Into Communities

Contributed by Kim Aycock, MST “Coming together is the beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” ~ Henry Ford Your teen group will most likely consist of kids of who decide to give this adventure a try or whose parents encourage them to...

Overdoses, Naloxone and the Georgia 911 Medical Amnesty Law

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, more than 93,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2020, and over half of those involved opioids. In 2020, 67% of drug overdose deaths in Georgia were related to opioids (1,309 total) according to the Georgia...

Preventing Prescription Drug Misuse Begins at Home

By now, you’ve probably heard the United States is in the midst of an opioid epidemic. Opioid-related overdoses and deaths are at an all-time high, partly due to prescribing practices that have changed over recent decades. Distribution of prescription opioids have...

Team Building Activity: Adventure Races

Want to incorporate a little competition into your next team building session? Look no further than Adventure Races! Designed for small teams to compete, these quick and exciting challenges are perfect for encouraging active participation and teamwork among groups....

Why We Say “THANK YOU” to Our Gwinnett Law Enforcement

We hope you have been learning a lot about our partnerships in Gwinnett County through our Gwinnett collaboration blog series. So far, we have covered Gwinnett County Parks and Recreation, the Communications Department and the Gwinnett County Public School System. Our...
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