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Thank you to all parishioners who donated groceries and money for th ODB Thanksgiving and Christmas Food projects!

Effects of taking the drug, buprenorphine, used to help pregnant women and parents with opioid addiction. Research has assured that there are other helpful options to assist with opioid drug addiction that are less intensive, such as the approach of Eat, Sleep, Console (ESC). ESC and the program, Project CARA. These two methods have allowed mothers and parents to have positive results with family care in and outside of the home.

Numerous of new security measures are being made and are planned to be in full operation inside Harford public schools by the end of 2024. Some of the specific security enhancements can be read in the full article. Each school in Harford County is scheduled to have the new security enhancements, but the names of all the schools are not listed at this time. These updates will allow guidance and safety for parents and their children as well as provide an extra level of security for the public schools in Harford County.

This article explores the new security enhancements in Harford County schools and the non-invasive procedures that the schools are taking to prevent issues and implement security procedures.

How to help individuals survive by limiting the negative and unfair beliefs connected with substance abuse. The article provides the program, The National Overdose Prevention Network, NOPN and Shatterproof, a national nonprofit organization committed to changing addiction treatment and understanding the stugma connected with substance use disorders, SUD.

A new CDC report reveals a significant drop in teen tobacco use, driven by a decline in e-cigarette consumption, reaching its lowest point in decades. However, the rise of nicotine pouches like Zyn, popularized on social media, poses a new challenge in the fight against youth nicotine addiction.