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Children of Addiction Awareness Week
The week of February 13th marks the Children of Addiction Awareness week, formerly known as Children of Alcoholics Awareness week, a campaign led by The National Association for Children of Alcoholics (NACoA) to raise awareness of children affected by parental…
Read More#OneCaringAdult
Positive relationships protect children from high-risk behaviors. Sometimes all it takes is #onecaringadult to make a difference. Partners for Prevention in Allegany County (PPAC) is a proud partner of the Trauma-Informed Communities throughout Allegany County Coalition in creating a new…
Read MoreNew Year, New Start 2022!
The beginning of a new year often brings intentions of making positive changes. Regardless of one’s views on substances, here are a few things to consider. A study conducted by John Hopkins University revealed that the alcohol sales from retail…
Read MoreMarijuana Extracts: THC Concentrates
Shatter, wax, honeycomb, oil, crumble, sap, budder, and pull-and-snap are some of the nicknames for cannabis extracts. According to the 2019 Street Drugs Identification Guide, an anonymous undercover DEA informant told a news outlet, “There is no weed out there…
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