ASAP’s Corona Virus 2019 Helpline – Updated Daily

(4.17.20) Online Substance Abuse Prevention Resources: This time of social distancing and quarantine comes with an increase in substance abuse and promotion of drinking to “pass the time.” Social media is full of images of people at home drinking, including jokes about parents having a glass of wine per lesson they teach their child. While these jokes aren’t intended to be harmful, they perpetuate dangerous ideas about how to cope with stress and manage emotions. Many children and teens are seeing these posts, or seeing their parents doing this, and learn to imitate these behaviors. Now is the time to have important conversations with your children about substance abuse and healthy methods of managing stress and emotions during confusing and frustrating times. The below resources can help you navigate these conversations.

News

New York’s Addiction Treatment and Prevention Community Launches ‘Superstorm Opioids’ Campaign and Calls for $100 Million to Combat Opioid Pandemic (December 22, 2017):

Media Coverage:

Capital Pressroom
Albany Times-Union
Capital Tonight

Superstorm Opioid Relevant Materials:

ASAP Assembly Testimony

#Superstorm Opioids Press Release

Superstorm Opioids Poster

2018-19 Budget Recommendations

Press Release: Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Providers of New York State (ASAP) Applauds Recovery Peer Work Force Initiative (March 1, 2017)

How to Reduce Crime: Stop Charging Children as Adults – NY Times

Transition to the Revised Part 822 Regulations Training – Webinar

Legislative Gazette NYASAP Insert – August 2015

Behavioral Health News Autumn 2015 Edition