IS YOUR CHILD'S FIRST OR NEXT HIGH AS CLOSE AS YOUR MEDICINE CABINET?
What every parent needs to know.
Prescription Drug Abuse: A dose of Prevention
Do you know an estimated 1 in 5 teens have abused? Your child is at risk!
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The San Ramon Valley Unified School District, the San Ramon Valley Council of PTA’s, the San Ramon Police Department, San Ramon Regional Medical Center, CASA (Community Against Substance Abuse), the Center for Human Development and the Discovery Counseling Center of the San Ramon Valley, in conjunction with and with the leadership and support of The Gracer Medical Group, Purdue Pharma, L.P. and Reckitt Benckiser
Thanks you for your participation in learning about medicine abuse problems in the San Ramon Valley, as well as the efforts to educate parents and community leaders about teens who intentionally abuse medicines to get high.
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On Friday, January 15, 2010 at Iron Horse Middle School, San Ramon CA, a program free to the community , provided a perscription drug drop off for people to dispose of old medicine in a safe and secure manner.
Evening Program
6:20-6:45: Check in and visit resource and information tables Axis Community Health
6:45-6:50: Welcome and Introductions: Thomas R. Martin
6:50-7:30: Keynote presentation: Dr. Martin Muthenlaher
Drug abuse with adolescents and diversion trends, antidotes and cold hard facts.
7:30-8:00: Medical observations: Dr Gracer
How addiction works and options for treatment
8:00-8:30: Panel Discussion moderated by Thom Martin, President /CEO of Discovery Counseling Center
This parent education event was one of three events that took place on Friday January 15th to better equip our community in dealing with this rising drug trend among our youth.
- Law Enforcement Training- 9-12 am at the San Ramon Police Department
- Medical Provider Training- 12:30-2:30 at the San Ramon Regional Medical Center
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Background Information On Our Presenters
About Dr. Martin Muthenlaher
Martin Muthenhaher serves as the Medical Field Advisor for Reckitt Benckiser providing medical education, intervention and dissemination of best practices to prescribers and other healthcare providers in the field. Working in conjunction with professional bodies and the company’s training department to be integral in the education of prescribers, consumers and field staff in the therapeutic area of opioid dependence and the use of buprenorphine products specifically. Working in conjunction with the company’s Medication Utilization Manager, Clinical Liaisons and outside agencies, conducting interventional education in areas in which diversion and misuse has been identified as a particular issue. Dr. Martin gave over one hundred presentations on “Abuse and Diversion” and “Neurobiology of Addiction” to health care providers at all levels.
Martin has his Ph.D. Pharmacology (Psychopharmacology) from the University of Bern, Switzerland, School of Medicine and his Pharm.D. from the University of Bern, Switzerland, Institute of Pharmacy.
About Dr. Richard Gracer
Richard Gracer has been practicing orthopedic medicine since 1979. He is board certified in Addiction Medicine by the American Board of Addiction Medicine, board certified in Family Practice, and a Diplomate of the American Academy of Pain Management.
Dr. Gracer employs the best of conventional and alternative treatments. He currently runs Gracer Behavioral Health Services, an innovative and comprehensive substance abuse program that stresses the reduction of cravings. His group also specializes in treating pain, as well as other complex medical problems such as fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome.
Dr. Gracer also loves to teach. He was an Assistant Clinical Professor of Community and Family Medicine at UC San Francisco School of Medicine from 1980 until 2005. He has taught orthopedic medical topics at many seminars and courses both in North America and Europe.
Dr. Gracer has edited three books, Beating the Years, Beating Back Pain and Beating Sports Injuries. He also wrote an ask the doctor column for 10 years. He is the author of A New Prescription for Addiction, his first book and wrote an essay in the recently published anthology, Peak Vitality.
Gracer Medical Group is located in San Ramon, California in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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