CAPE is the Council on Addiction Prevention & Education in Dutchess County. For this program, Dora Celestino, Community Educator, returns to Radio Rotary to talk about how CAPE uses education about the harm caused by substance misuse disorder—including addiction to tobacco, alcohol, prescription drugs, or street drugs— as a way to prevent such misuse. Duchess County currently experiences more overdose deaths than any other county in New York State, mainly due to the synthetic drug fentanyl. While fentanyl may be taken deliberately, it is also used as an additive to other drugs, so persons may be exposed without expecting it. CAPE teaches children, often younger than 13,to avoid buying drugs over the internet. Another frequent misuse of drugs is taking a prescription medicine by raiding a medicine cabinet. But the most common form of drug misuse among children is vaping, nicotine delivered with an electronic device as a substitute for cigarettes. CAPE is also showing a movie about a family after their 19-year-old dies from drug misuse (Life After You at the Millerton Moviehouse)
Learn more:
CAPE (Council on Addiction Prevention & Education: https://capedc.org/
U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, One Pill Can Kill: https://www.dea.gov/onepill
Dutchess County Addiction Prevention Services: https://www.dutchessny.gov/Departments/County-Executive/38732.htm
Trailer for Life After You: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUic3dmeHU4
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Addiction Recovery
Education
Mental Health
Service Organizations
Words to List:
Addiction, Opiates, Fentanyl, Substance Misuse Disorder, Vaping
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