by Teegan Deuso | Feb 14, 2025 | National News
By MIKE STOBBE Updated 11:02 AM EST, December 17, 2024 NEW YORK (AP) — Teen drug use hasn’t rebounded from its drop during the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the results from a large annual national survey released Tuesday. About two-thirds of...
by Teegan Deuso | Feb 13, 2025 | CVARR News
Five members of CVARR’s leadership team attended the CADCA National Leadership Forum, joining prevention professionals from across the country to learn, collaborate, and bring back innovative strategies for our community. This conference provided valuable insights...
by stagingcvarr_iv6v46 | Nov 12, 2024 | National News
Angus Kittelman, University of Missouri-Columbia and Gulcan Cil, Oregon Health & Science University As more states legalize marijuana, researchers are examining the effects of legalization on society. Angus Kittelman, an assistant professor of special education at...
by stagingcvarr_iv6v46 | Jan 31, 2024 | CVARR News, Event
CVARR met once again to plan our strategies and vision for the collective impact and positive change we can make together to reduce substance use in our region. We had a dynamic, passionate, and informed group share their insights and time to think deeply about how we...
by stagingcvarr_iv6v46 | Jan 26, 2024 | CVARR News
CVARR representing at CADCA’s National Leadership Forum!! Every year, CADCA hosts an epic event with hundreds of training sessions, inspirational speakers, and latest science on substance use trends. We were so honored to be a part of the forum this year and can’t...
by stagingcvarr_iv6v46 | Sep 28, 2023 | Community News
By Amy Jablonski, 2023-09-28 Pyewacket, Black Excellent Men and Exhale, three bands started by young adults in Lynchburg, have risen to fame in the local music scene. Each has a connection to the Madison House of the Arts, the nonprofit that helped cultivate the...
by stagingcvarr_iv6v46 | Sep 26, 2023 | Community News
by Rachel BranningTue, September 26th 2023 at 7:14 PMUpdated Tue, September 26th 2023 at 10:14 PM LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — September is National Recovery Month and nearly 500 thousand adults in Virginia struggle with addiction. BrightView Addiction Treatment...
by stagingcvarr_iv6v46 | Sep 13, 2023 | National News
The uncomfortable truth is that many women today are drinking too much. By Olga Khazan September 13, 2023 This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. More than a decade ago, when Holly Whitaker worked a director-level job...
by stagingcvarr_iv6v46 | Sep 12, 2023 | Community News
By: Meghan McIntyre – September 12, 2023 12:03 am Virginians grappling with substance use disorder will soon have greater access to help through an expansion of a peer recovery program launched in Roanoke to other free and charitable clinics in the...
by stagingcvarr_iv6v46 | Aug 31, 2023 | National News
Aug. 31, 2023, 1:03 PM EDT By Erika Edwards The number of people who have overdosed and died from fake prescription pills has more than doubled in recent years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday. The majority of those...