by Halle Pardun | Oct 30, 2019 | Healthy Minute, News
Red Ribbon Week raises awareness of drug use and the problems related to drugs facing our community, and encourages parents, educators, business owners, and other community organizations to promote drug-free lifestyles. Wearing red ribbons during the month of...
by Halle Pardun | Oct 23, 2019 | Healthy Minute, News
While medical use may show promise for issues like epilepsy and chronic pain, is marijuana safe? Increase your understanding as we bust these five common myths. Myth #1: Physical addiction to marijuana is rare. Fact: Four million youth and adults had a...
by Halle Pardun | Oct 18, 2019 | Healthy Minute, News
Substance use is a community problem. The cost of excessive alcohol use in Wisconsin exceeds $6.8 billion per year. That equates to over $1200 annually for every man, woman, and child in our state! Revenue from taxes collected on the sale of alcohol covers only 1% of...
by Halle Pardun | Oct 9, 2019 | Healthy Minute, News
October is National Substance Abuse Prevention Month. Almost everyone has a close friend or family member struggling with a substance use issue. Whether the substance is alcohol, misused pain medications, heroin, meth, marijuana, tobacco or another drug, there is good...
by Halle Pardun | Oct 2, 2019 | Healthy Minute, News
Bruises, emotional trauma and sometimes death… these are the stark realities of domestic violence. Although the list rarely ends there, many survivors also experience intimidation, threats, sexual assault and other abusive behavior when involved in a domestic...
