Whitten and Priest speak to OSU med students

February 15th, 2011

Feburary 15, 2010, Tulsa, Oklahoma: Speaking on behalf of FATE, founder Reggie Whitten and Executive Director Jim Priest spoke to a lunch time gathering of 120 med students at OSU Center for Health Sciences on the subject of substance abuse [...]

New method of disposing of old Rx drugs

February 9th, 2011

Prescription drug abuse is a significant problem in Oklahoma and one of the ways abusers and addicts acquire them is by stealing old prescriptions from medicine cabinets–sometimes from family members and sometimes in home burglaries or robberies. The Oklahoma Bureau [...]

Marijuana and psychosis

February 7th, 2011

Using marijuana, or cannabis, may cause psychosis to develop sooner in patients already predisposed to developing it, and in other patients the drug may even cause psychosis, according to a new study published in the Archives of General Psychiatry. Study [...]

Governor Mary Fallin supports the fight against substance abuse

February 7th, 2011

In her first State of the State address, recently elected Governor Mary Fallin pledged to support the fight against substance abuse. Excerpts from her speech appear below: “We’re also asking our citizens to take responsibility for their lifestyles and their [...]

Oklahoma women, prison and substance abuse

February 6th, 2011

A story in today’s Oklahoman highlights the significance and impact of substance abuse in Oklahoma: A survey conducted by the state Corrections Department of women admitted to an Oklahoma prison in 2010 found that 64 percent had a moderate to [...]

The Cost of Prescription Drug Abuse: A Literature Review

February 4th, 2011

To gather information on the cost to society of prescription drug abuse, a literature review was conducted of online informational sources, including federal agencies, and numerous electronic databases for scholarly articles (PubMed, EconLit, PsychInfo, JSTOR, CINAHL) published between 2000 [...]

How to talk to teens about substance abuse

February 3rd, 2011

Recent news about bath salts and marijuana soda can leave parents wondering which substances are on their teen’s radar. Soon thoughts may swirl through your mind: Do any of his friends smoke pot? Has he been offered a joint? Do [...]

Heroin among the drug problems Oklahoma faced in 2010

February 2nd, 2011

http://www.newsok.com/article/3532947 Last year, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) partnered with the Oklahoma City Police Department, the district attorney’s office, the US attorney’s office and several others to shut down a black tar heroin operation in Oklahoma City that was doing [...]

Discoveries of meth labs reach record highs last year in Tulsa

February 1st, 2011

For the second year in a row, a record number of meth labs was found in Tulsa, police statistics show. Authorities found 324 labs last year, in homes, motels and businesses and discarded on the streets and in other dump [...]

Oklahoma ‘spoke’ of La Familia drug cartel sent to prison

February 1st, 2011

A man who pleaded guilty to participating in a drug conspiracy that authorities believe was connected to one of Mexico’s most violent drug cartels was sentenced Friday in Tulsa to 15 years in prison. Ruben Garcia Hernandez, 28, was the [...]