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Dismantled Florida drug ring run with smuggled prison cell phone	03/11/2025		Article, HCADA Interview, Snelling, Video
‘Operation Kandy Krush’ finds illegal hemp products aimed at kids	07/26/2023	Ellen Snelling speaks up for our families and children!	Article, Delta-8, HCADA Interview, Front Page Slideshow
Webinar: What Can Localities Do About Alcohol Products That Are Attractive and Dangerous to Youth?	12/12/2022		Alcohol, Article, teens, Video, Video, Webinar, Tampa Alcohol Coalition
Delta-8 Educational Handout	07/11/2022	Great information! Delta-8 THC products have not been evaluated or approved by the FDA for safe use. They may be marketed in ways that put the public health at risk and should be kept out of reach of children and pets.	Article, Delta-8
2022 Delta-8 Legal High- POWERPOINT	07/11/2022	Excellent powerpoint. Surge of delta-8 products started because of an oversupply of CBD in the US Delta-8-THC is popping up in gas stations, convenience stores, tobacco shops, CBD shops throughout the US Delta-8-THC produces euphoric effects that are similar to delta-9-THC No regulatory oversight Most products sold as delta-8-THC are not pure and contain many other compounds	Article, Delta-8, Snelling
More Articles on Delta-8	07/11/2022	CLICK ON LINK FOR MORE ARTICLES ON DELTA-8	Article, Delta-8
2022 June Quarterly Newsletter	06/21/2022		Article, Newsletter
Hillsborough commissioners to discuss regulating sale of Delta 8 products	06/13/2022	Delta 8 is said to be about two-thirds as potent as cannabis, and it's often sold in gas stations and smoke shops. It's legal thanks to a loophole created in the 2018 Federal Farm Bill. The Hillsborough report found half of the edibles, including Delta 8 cereals, used cartoon characters and animals that might be appealing to minors. Ellen Snelling, a board member of the Hillsborough County Anti-Drug Alliance, has been wanting commissioners to act. "It’s completely unregulated, fruit flavors, gummy bears. Bright colors attracted to children all allowed in the state of Florida. If this was laying on your dining room table a child would eat the entire package," she told commissioners at a previous meeting.	Article, Delta-8, HCADA Interview, Snelling
Potent drugs packaged like candy, legally sold in Florida sparks calls for stricter rules	03/31/2022	TAMPA, Fla. — Products from cake pops to candy containing a chemical compound called Delta 8 are being sold legally in Florida without a prescription and with the goal of getting people high. The I-Team has uncovered these products have caused hospitalizations and at least one death, sparking calls in Hillsborough County for better regulation of these products. “It’s candy with drugs in it sold in your convenience store,” said Ellen Snelling, who chairs the Hillsborough County Anti-Drug Alliance. She recently took packages of candy that looked like popular brands, including Skittles, Nerds and gummy bears.	Article, Delta-8, Snelling
Opioid deaths skyrocket across US; Tampa Bay one of worst in nation for overdoses	02/07/2022	In the Tampa Bay area, the overdose rate is 23 out of every 100,000 people. That rate is 9 percent higher than the rest of Florida and 50 percent higher than the national average. Florida ranks second only to California in the number of overdose deaths. But the fight against opioids continues.	Article, Rx Drug, Prescription Drug
BINGE DRINKING INCREASED BY 21 PERCENT DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: STUDY	01/16/2022	In the short term, alcohol consumption changes due to COVID-19 are expected to cause 100 additional deaths and 2,800 additional cases of liver failure by 2023. The new research, published in Hepatology, was led by investigators at Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital.	Alcohol, Article, TAC
Devastated by drug overdoses, Tampa advocate prays deadly spike will end in 2022	12/09/2021	TAMPA, Fla. — For Ellen Snelling, it’s still so surreal. In 2016, she got the unexpected phone call no one ever wants. Her brother died of a drug overdose in Miami. “I was actually at Universal Studios. It was right before Christmas,” she remembered. “And got a phone call that he had overdosed and died — I just — I can’t describe how — it was just horrible.” And then, in the summer of 2021, history nearly repeated itself when someone in her immediate family had a similar scare, and according to Snelling, “came very close to death” but miraculously survived. “It’s almost like you can’t comprehend it,” said Snelling.	Article, HCADA, HCADA Interview, Snelling
2021 Lightening Hero Award	11/25/2021		Article, HCADA Interview
Vaping- Parent Training	11/04/2021	Questions that will be answered... What is Vaping? What’s it look like? What are they vaping? How can I talk to my teen about vaping? Is it that big of a deal? Isn’t it safer than cigarettes?	Article, parents, vaping
2021 Sept Tampa Alcohol Coalition Meeting	09/21/2021		Alcohol, TAC

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