by Tyana Tyana Garcia | Apr 22, 2022 | Blog
By Neil Campbell, Dawn Mullinax, & Georgia Council on Substance Abuse coaches Did you know that more than 75 percent of drug overdose deaths in 2020 involved opioids? And nearly two-thirds involved fentanyl — a synthetic opioid used as a painkiller that’s up to 50...
by William Carnes | Apr 19, 2022 | Blog
Georgia Council on Substance Abuse spokesman Jeff Breedlove said a recently enacted law on mental health parity could have major impacts on communities like Bartow County. JAMES SWIFT/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS Posted Monday, April 18, 2022 2:14 pm BY JAMES SWIFT 2022...
by William Carnes | Apr 19, 2022 | Blog
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 19 February, 2022 The Georgia Council on Substance Abuse supports HB 1175 and encourages Governor Brian Kemp to sign this bi-partisan bill which will remove strips that test for fentanyl from the list of drug paraphernalia to help make them more...
by William Carnes | Apr 12, 2022 | Blog
2022 was a historic year for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder services and reform in Georgia. With the passage of HB 1013, Georgia has set into place a series of legislative actions which will result in the transformation of a broken and ineffective system...
