FATE visits SWOSU in Weatherford

April 4th, 2012

On Wednesday April 4 Jim Priest and Jared Mitchell of FATE visited the campus of Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford and spoke to students about their own fate. Priest and Mitchell shared the story of Brandon Whitten, a former [...]

6 Tips for Parents from Partnership@drugfree.org

April 4th, 2012

FATE is an affiliate of the Partnership@drugfree.org and the partnership recently launched some new information for parents, providing guidance about how to help your kids stay substance free. Here’s a brief summary and a link to the full report. 1 [...]

Priest to speak at OK Ethics

April 3rd, 2012

FATE Executive Director Jim Priest will be speaking May 9 to the Oklahoma Business Ethics Consortium in Oklahoma City. The subject is An Ethical Approach to Substance Abuse”. For more information, click below: http://www.okethics.org/mc/community/eventdetails.do?eventId=341769

Oklahoma Painkiller addiction up 21%!

March 14th, 2012

Here’s an informative post from the Absentee Shawnee Counseling Services e-newsletter: http://ascs-okc.com/ OK’s Painkiller Abuse Up 21% vs 1 Year Before A Tulsa World article citing SAMHSA data showed prescription painkiller abuse at 8.13% of the population over 11 years of [...]

Jim Riley, former Miami Dolphin, honored for his recovery work

February 20th, 2012

Congrats to our friend Jim Riley who is being honored for his decades of work helping people in recovery. Jim and his wife Robin are dedicated and tireless in their work and deserve the recognition being given by Chance to [...]

You can help reduce meth labs–here’s how….

February 15th, 2012

We recently received an email from our friend David Starkey about a way you can help with the meth lab problem in Oklahoma. While I understand some people are reluctant to make the allergy medication, pseudoephedrine (PSE), a prescription, David’s [...]

Oklahoma Coaches’ Association endorses OKLOA

February 7th, 2012

The Oklahoma Coaches Association recently sent a letter endorsing Oklahoma Life of An Athlete. OCA had previously been on record as supporting OKLOA but the letter spells out specifically why coaches should adopt the program. Thanks to Milt Bassett and [...]

Have dinner as a family and fight substance abuse!

February 6th, 2012

We’re shooting a new commercial, speaking to parents about what they can do to help their teens stay free of alcohol and other drugs. One of the things we talk about in the commercial is family dinners. This is something [...]

We’re #1! (but it’s not good news….)

February 5th, 2012

According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, Oklahoma has the highest rate of nonmedical use for painkillers. Find out what’s being done to combat prescription drug abuse….. Read more: http://newsok.com/real-time-reporting-law-could-cut-down-on-prescription-abuse-fraud-oklahoma-officials-say/article/3646147#ixzz1lYMXZPAa

FATE speaking to Putnam City North

January 27th, 2012

On February 1 and 8 FATE will be speaking with Seniors and Juniors at Putnam City North High School. Britt Stanley, PCN Nurse heard about FATE’s program and asked the group to present their interactive and impactful message to the [...]