GPDAPI Partners
Prescription Drug Prevention
Training Videos
Georgia Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Initiative
The Georgia Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Initiative (GPDAPI) of The Council on Alcohol and Drugs (The Council) focuses on four priority areas and eleven objectives in order to prevent and reduce prescription drug abuse in Georgia.
These four areas have been identified in the Office of National Drug Control Policy’s (ONDCP’s) Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Plan (EPIDEMIC: RESPONDING TO AMERICA’S PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE CRISIS, ONDCP, 2011).
Funding for the GPDAPI is being provided by the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities/Division of Addictive Diseases/Office of Prevention Services and Programs (DBHDD/DAD/OPSP) via a contract to The Council. The Council is working in collaboration with the Medical Association of Georgia Foundation’s “Think About It” Campaign which also seeks to prevent prescription drug abuse in Georgia.
Prescription drugs are useful in improving many conditions when used exactly as directed by a physician. Do not stop taking any prescription medication without first consulting with your physician.
If you are pregnant and using prescription painkillers or know someone who is, please call the Maternal Substance Abuse & Child Development Project at Emory University at 404-727-6101 or toll free at 855-789-6222
How to Get Help
Georgia Crisis Access Line (GCAL)
https://dbhdd.georgia.gov/access-services
1-800-715-4225
Georgia Crisis Access Mobile App
The My GCAL app - for Apple and Android smartphones - was designed to reach Georgia’s youth in times of need, and GCAL is staffed by caring professionals - including licensed clinicians - who are available 24/7 to address behavioral health crises, make referrals for treatment, and dispatch mobile crisis response teams.
Opioid Treatment Providers of Georgia
www.otpgeorgia.org
(770) 840-9912
Suggested Reading
Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic
The U.S. will never solve its deadly opiate epidemic if we don’t first admit we have a problem. And Dreamland is one of those rare books that’s big and vivid and horrifying enough to shake up our collective consciousness. Learn More
Drugs, Brains, and Behavior The Science of Addiction
Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Media Tools for Community Use
Toolkit for Preventing Prescription Drug Abuse in Your Family
