Westbrook Partners for Prevention Program Director, Janet Dosseva, MPH, PS-C, provides a commentary about prescription medication misuse. Published in The Portland Press Herald on Drug Take Back Day, April 24, with insight from Westbrook Recovery Liaison and WPP coalition member, Danielle Rideout, this piece asks us to remember the role each of us plays in supporting prescription medication misuse prevention.
Excerpt:
“With so many factors contributing to substance use disorder, we need systemic change that also addresses these underlying factors. It starts by changing our biases – conscious or unconscious – about people with substance use disorders and opening our hearts and minds…”
Read the article here.