Prevention Blog

During the first eight months of 2021, there have been 606 total opioid overdoses in Anne Arundel County. 116 overdoses resulted in death. The most common substance contributing to opioid overdose or death is Fentanyl. [...]

Drug overdose deaths rose nearly 30 percent in 2020 to a record 93,000, according to statistics by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This does not surprise me. As we isolated in 2020 [...]

International Overdose Awareness Day is a worldwide campaign to remember the loved ones we have lost to overdose and the families and friends they left behind. We also strive to end the stigma attached [...]

By: Loise Taliaferro, Strengthening Families Program Supervisor, Anne Arundel County Department of Health According to the American Psychological Association, a family can be defined as the “kinship unit consisting of a group of individuals [...]

National Night Out is a community-police awareness event that has been held annually since 1984. It is intended to spread awareness of community programs like neighborhood watch and substance misuse prevention. In Anne Arundel [...]

The Anne Arundel County Department of Health’s Adolescent and Family Services (AFS) is an Integrated Behavioral Health Clinic providing outpatient mental health and Level I substance abuse counseling to county children and adolescents, ages 4 [...]

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A powerful story was recently brought to the attention of the Anne Arundel County Prevention Coalitions. It is a story about love, pain, and isolation. The women who created the nonprofit Love In The [...]

During the first half of 2021, there were 380 total opioid overdoses in Anne Arundel County. 80 of those were fatal. In the city of Annapolis, there were 82 overdoses, 15 of which were fatal. [...]

The misuse of alcohol and/or other substances impacts the family and other interpersonal relationships. Recovery involves the healing of these relationships. The Family Wellness Workshop, a therapeutic and educational program for adults or adolescents [...]