A new requirement that doctors prescribing controlled substances get training on substance abuse is being criticized by doctors as vague and by addiction specialists as not going far enough, amid the ...

ASU’s Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center has created an interactive online training website to educate lawmakers and public health practitioners about substance abuse prevention. The site, ...

Rhode Island lawmakers are pushing for a new ?near-miss? tracking system, and a bill in Massachusetts may require doctors to complete new drug training before they can become licensed. In Rhode Island ...

Adverse Childhood Experiences training will be offered from noon to 1:30 p.m. Feb. 10 and 24. The goal is to raise awareness of the impact of potentially traumatic events that occur in childhood; they ...

Teaching a unique, patient-centered approach to assessing and intervening in risky alcohol and drug use, a two-day training was offered to providers and residents at Walter Reed Bethesda last week.

Q: Do we have to pay employees for their time spent going to mandatory drug training? A: Yes. The Department of Labor does not oversee workplace drug testing, but the Fair Labor Standards Act provides ...

A new training program for faith leaders in the state, which just held a second session in Mobile, looks to connect people to substance abuse prevention and treatment resources through their place of ...

The Army plans to tamp down substance misuse by telling soldiers to avoid poppy seeds and the cannabis concentrate, delta-8. The new policies are an update to the Army’s existing substance abuse ...

PEARL CITY, Hawai’i - Eleven Soldiers from the Hawai’i Army National Guard (HIARNG) graduated from the Unit Prevention Leader (UPL) course, 14-15 November, 2022, Pearl City, HI. The UPL Certification ...