Get Involved!
Volunteer for a group in your areaIf your family has been affected by prescription drug abuse in the past and you'd like to use your experience to possibly help others recover, the following organizations need you to be a source of support and strength.
Families Against Addictive Drug Abuse
http://www.faada.info/
National Family Partnership
http://cmnfp.neworg.com/default.asp
Informed Families
http://www.informedfamilies.org/
We Need Your Help - How You Can Make A Difference
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ARE THE NUMBER ONE KILLER OF ADULTS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 25-45 IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA 5% OF ALL DEATHS IN FLORIDA (REGARDLESS OF AGE) – ARE RELATED TO PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE How can you help? #1) Help raise awareness of the problem by encouraging media leaders in your community to run free, educational Prescription Drug Abuse public service announcements on television, radio and in print media. (PSA’s are available for download online, or by DVD, and can be requested by writing to: sshealth1@gmail.com. #2) The Pain Truth can provide you or your organization, school or medical office with helpful information on prescription drug abuse awareness, overcoming addiction and comprehensive pain management at no charge. Please click on this email link and tell us what you’d like to receive: sshealth1@gmail.com. |
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#3) The SUNSHINE STATE is going dark for a day:
On the day Florida’s PDMP goes into effect early in 2011, we will be raising awareness of this crisis, throughout the state and the nation, by having the Sunshine State go dark for a day. What does this mean?
 Hundreds of Florida students are now wearing the WAKE UP! arm bands. If you would like to order arm bands for your school or organization, please email us. |
-Residents throughout state will be encouraged to wear black clothing, or black armbands in remembrance of the thousands of individuals who have died due to prescription drug abuse. -Corporations in larger cities are encouraged to darken their building lights for the night to show how Florida’s cities are mourning the loss of so many lives. -Residents will be asked to darken their porch lights for a unified moment of mourning for the lives lost due to prescription drug abuse. |
- And hopefully, Florida's Governor and City leaders will join forces and declare that day, Pain FREE FLORIDA Day and ask that all Florida residents join us in this day of mourning. Over 9,000 Floridians have died in the past seven years due to prescription drugs… that’s more than 5% of all Florida deaths.
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Call or email us today for more information or to let us know if you would like to work with us to help coordinate efforts in your city. Write or call your city leaders to suggest they participate in this very important memorial with us. |  |