Categories: Personal Reflection, Resources
My relationship with the issue of drugs did not begin with professional analysis. It began much earlier. While I was still in high school, I first heard about marijuana and heroin. Cocaine was also ...
Categories: Personal Reflection, Resources
As a Contributor at APALD (Association of People against Lethal Drugs), I believe that prevention begins with awareness and the willingness to recognize a risk before it becomes an irreversible conseq...
Categories: Personal Reflection, Resources
The Problem with Looking Back One of the greatest challenges in prevention is hindsight. After an event has occurred, it is natural to look back and search for the moment when everything should have...
Categories: Personal Reflection, Resources
Recognize the risk. Protect those you care about. Get informed. Know the real facts, not the myths. Talk early. A non-judgmental conversation can be the first step toward help. Prevention begins w...
Categories: Personal Reflection, Resources
An Authorial Criminological and Preventive Perspective on Recognizing Risk before Harm Occurs When Risk Becomes Visible There is an uncomfortable truth about prevention: risk is often easiest ...
Categories: Resources
"One pill can kill. Don't risk your life. Drugs don't take away health alone. They can take away dreams, opportunities, and futures. Safer streets. Protected generations."...
When someone dies from a drug-related cause, families often face grief layered with shock, unanswered questions, and public misunderstanding. What tends to help Use the person's name. Avoid ...
Categories: Resources
One of the most dangerous features of the current synthetic drug supply is disguise. Tablets may be stamped to resemble prescription medications. Powders may be mixed into other substances. Buyers and...
Categories: How-To, Resources, Website Features
Policy change is slow, but it is not abstract. Elected officials respond when constituents speak clearly and persistently. APALD provides a tool to help you find your federal and state representative...
Categories: Resources
Addiction is a complex health and social issue. It is also surrounded by stigma—assumptions that people "chose" their fate, or that families should stay quiet. Stigma has real costs. It d...
