Community Prevention Services, Inc.

02/23/2022

Va**ng is in the news (and it’s not good).

02/23/2022

Va**ng’s side effects — not on your side.

06/01/2021

Lawmakers should visit the hospital for a view of the effect these drugs have on communities Guest Post by Dr. Karen Randall A worker touches plants at a

03/23/2020

03/09/2020

Do you have any prescriptions that you need to dispose of?

Bring them to the Leon Mann Center on March 18th!

02/19/2020

The Coastal Carolina for Substance Abuse Prevention in collaboration with Substance Abuse Prevention Helps Everyone (SAPHE) youth will conduct the Sticker Shock Campaign on Wednesday, February 26th at the Jim Dandy Food Store located at 1884 NC 24 in Newport. Sticker Shock Campaign is a project where the community, youth and alcohol retailers collaborate to alert the public about high alcohol content items. One by one, stickers will be placed on alcoholic beverages informing purchasers of the penalties associated with buying alcohol for minors. For more information about the Sticker Shock initiative, please contact Kelli Knapp at kelliknapp@communitypreventionservices.com

10/02/2019

08/22/2019

Tryston Zohfeld is 17 years old and told WFAA that he's been va**ng since the 8th grade, sometimes going through two to three va**ng pods a week.

08/19/2019

On Saturday, September 14th, the Peer Recovery Center, Carteret County Health Department, and the Carteret County Substance Abuse Prevention (CCSAP) Task Force will host their annual recovery fair. On August 22nd at 2:00 P.M., a planning meeting will take place at the Carteret County Health Department located at 3820 Bridges Street in Morehead City. For more information about the Recovery Fair, call (252) 728-8550 ext 5717.

08/13/2019

During his news conference today, Sheriff Knight commented on the arrest of 25 men during . As a follow up to his comments, you may remember the graphic we released last May, . Today, following these new arrests, we are adding six more mobile apps to that list. Parents – TAKE NOTE. These six apps were all used by our suspects to prey on children. Please SHARE this post and have those tough conversations with your kids. One day they will thank you.

08/06/2019

https://abc13.com/politics/texas-governor-signs-law-to-raise-legal-smoking-age-to-21/5340238/

Under the law, the minimum age to purchase ci******es, e-ci******es and other to***co products in Texas goes up from 18 to 21.

07/26/2019

E-cigarette use among teens is an epidemic in the US and in NC. If your kid vapes, you need to learn more about it. It’s not just water v***r, and it could cause short-term and long-terms harm. Find information at www.cdc.gov/e-ci******es.

07/08/2019

http://ccsap.org/dropbox-locations/?fbclid=IwAR1qw3bxIilO8Lf3hzk7njlo03iu2TMEgeiE1R-1a5KAUXrx0r9VT8VD8nE

06/04/2019

06/04/2019

North Carolina sued JUUL, claiming it marketed e-ci******es to minors and also lied to consumers of all ages about the safety of va**ng. The lawsuit wants to ban most e-cig flavors from being sold in NC.

06/04/2019

Ni****ne does not produce the kind of euphoria or impairment that many other drugs like opioids and ma*****na do. People do not get high from smoking ci******es or va**ng. Yet nicotine’s powerful ability to reinforce its relatively mild rewards results in 480,000 deaths annually.