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Hillsborough County Anti-Drug Alliance joins partner agency ACTS	07/16/2021	TAMPA, Fla. (June 30, 2021) – Hillsborough County Anti-Drug Alliance (HCADA), a community-based nonprofit offering alcohol, tobacco and substance abuse education and prevention activities since 2003, is excited to announce its relocation, effective July 1, 2021. HCADA will be moving from its current location at 2815 E. Henry Avenue, Suite B-1 in Tampa to new office space on the campus of their longtime partner organization, Agency for Community Treatment Services, Inc. (ACTS), at 4612 North 56th Street. “We’re excited about the move,” said Executive Director Cindy Grant, “and very grateful to ACTS not only for the space but also for our many years of partnership in substance abuse education and prevention.”	Article, HCADA Interview
Mother loses son to drugs, pursues passion to help others	12/17/2020	TAMPA, Fla. - Cindy Grant grew up among a large family of lobster fishermen, but after moving to Tampa she suffered an unimaginable tragedy. Now she has dedicated her life to helping others overcome substance abuse.	Article, HCADA Interview
TAC Meeting November Meeting 2020	12/16/2020		Alcohol, Article, TAC, Tampa Alcohol Coalition
Kids Health: Opioid Misuse and Suicidal Behaviors	02/13/2020		Article, HCADA, HCADA Interview, Opioid, Suicide, Video, Video
What You Need to Know About E-Cigarettes	11/24/2019	E-Cigarettes Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, are tobacco products that have been sold in the U.S. for about a decade. They include e-pens, e-pipes, e-hookah, and e-cigars, known collectively as ENDS—electronic nicotine delivery systems. They're also sometimes called JUULs, "vapes" and "vape pens." E-cigarettes are the most commonly used tobacco products among kids—and it's become an epidemic.	Article, vaping
Vaping Additional Information and Resources	11/24/2019	Vaping Among Teens Vaping devices are popular among teens and are now the most commonly used form of nicotine among youth in the United States. Some research shows that many teens do not even realize that vaping cartridges contain nicotine, and assume the pods contain only flavoring. The easy availability of these devices, alluring advertisements, various e-liquid flavors, and the belief that they're safer than cigarettes have helped make them appealing to this age group. In addition, they are easy to hide from teachers and parents because they do not leave behind the stench of tobacco cigarettes, and are often disguised as flash drives. NIDA- National Institute of Drug Abuse Vaping Additional Information and Resources Florida Health Department Data on Vaping	Article, vaping
Tips for a Safe, Drug-free Homecoming Season	10/24/2019	Denise Birungi Evans of HCADA offers tips for a safe, drug-free homecoming season for high school students.	Article, HCADA Interview, Video, Video
Recent Study Links Teen Vaping and Delinquent Behavior	10/24/2019	Vaping is not an issue only for high school students. Gary White, the associate director of the Hillsborough County Anti-Drug Alliance (HCADA) in Florida, provides vaping and tobacco education to students who have been cited per state statutes. The youngest student he has worked with was only nine. Recently, the organization worked with a 10-year-old boy who had been caught with 12 Juuls in school. (Juul is a popular brand of e-cigarette.) “When he attended our class, we questioned why he had so many Juuls,” says White. “His reply was, ‘A man at my apartment gave them to me. He said he’d pay me a part of the money I made when I sold them.’	Article, HCADA Interview, vaping, Youth
Teen Warning Signs	10/09/2019		Article, Mental Health, Front Page Slideshow
The Relationship Between Video Games and Anxiety	08/16/2019	Do video games cause anxiety? This is a common question without an easy yes-or-no answer. Researchers haven’t found evidence that video games cause anxiety directly; instead, studies continue to show that video games and anxiety are correlated. This means that, rather than having a cause-and-effect relationship, the two relate and contribute to each other.	Addiction, Article, Video games
	06/16/2019	Statistics: · According to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, more than 1,050 people were killed in crashes involving a teen driver in 2016 during the 100 Deadliest Days, the period between Memorial Day and Labor Day. · In the Tampa Bay area, when compared to other days of the year, the average number of deaths from crashes involving teen drivers. Ages 16–19, increased by 16 percent during those 100 days. · 60 percent of teen crashes are caused by distracted driving · The biggest distraction? Other people in the car. · Crashes involving alcohol kill one in every 100,000 teens during the summer months. What parents can do: · Talk to your teens about the importance of not allowing others to distract them in the car and to be a non-distracting passenger. Remind them that cars have passenger limits based on the number of seats, and to never get into an over-loaded car. · Set and enforce reasonably early curfews for teens during the summer months. Sleepy driving can be deadly driving. · Agree upon a safe word that your teen can text to you at any time that means “Come pick me up.” Give your teen the option of getting a ride home with mom or dad, no questions asked. · Remind them, daily, to not text, SnapChat, Instagram, or WhatsApp and drive. · Talk to them, continuously, about the dangers of driving impaired.	Article, Parents
2019 4 HCADA Drug Take Back- Gary	04/28/2019		Article, HCADA Interview
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2018 Marijuana in Colorado Volume 5	09/12/2018		Article, Marijuana
Mixing Alcohol and Medicine	06/03/2018		Alcohol, Article, NIAAA

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