May 13th, 20221ANN ARBOR — U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) announced that the University of Michigan will receive a $2,291,835 research grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to continue research on substance abuse, to help combat the nation's opioid crisis.
“This critical funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse will...
April 6th, 20180By Farah Harb
The Arab American News
Abdallah took the fight against substance abuse as a personal mission one month after she lost her 38-year-old cousin to addiction.
DETROIT – After being the first Arab American and Muslim woman appointed to the Michigan Pharmacists Association in 2016 and a member of the Detroit Wayne...
March 23rd, 20180SOUTHFIELD — The Arab American and Chaldean Council will address the community's opioid and heroin crisis on Wednesday May 9 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Regency Manor in Southfield.
The substance abuse event, called "A Community in Crisis: ACC's Opioid and Heroin Town Hall Meeting", will focus primarily on the Arab and Chaldean children...
February 23rd, 20180DEARBORN — The sounds of bullet shells discharging from the barrel of an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle at a high school in Parkland, Florida are still ringing in the ears of students and parents nationwide.
After a troubled 19-year-old former student at Stoneman Douglas High School opened fire in the building shortly before the school...
December 22nd, 20170
DEARBORN — Beginning next semester, SAFE Substance Abuse Coalition will begin instructing elementary and middle school children in the Dearborn Public School System about substance abuse and drug prevention. The partnership is part of a larger initiative started by Superintendent Glen Maleyko and the Dearborn Public...
November 17th, 20170DETROIT— Gabapentin is a new prescription drug on the rise, with up to 64 million prescriptions sold in 2016 in the U.S.
Also known in the black market as Johnnys, Gabapentin is not an opioid, but patients are using it to get the drowsiness affect and to feed their addiction.
This medication is usually prescribed to treat several...
October 20th, 20171DEARBORN — every day, 91 Americans die from an opioid overdose, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Rabih Darwiche has avoided being one of those statistics for 15 months.
On September 18, at the inaugural fundraising dinner for the nonprofit SAFE Substance Abuse Coalition, Darwiche received the first...
July 14th, 20170DEARBORN — According to Police Chief Ron Haddad, Dearborn's crime rate saw an 11.20 percent reduction from 3,246 in 2016 to 2,881 so far this year, with some "alarming trends", like a 26 percent increase in drug offense arrests. The reckless driving rate also sees little improvement.
At a July 10 press conference, held at the...
June 10th, 20172DEARBORN — President Trump's proposed fiscal year 2018 budget cuts dealt a huge blow to mental health and substance abuse prevention, with funding to face projected cuts by almost $400 million.
Michigan is no stranger to debilitating cuts to areas such as education or health care, with cuts to these programs a routine practice of...
May 12th, 20171DEARBORN — On Monday, May 8, U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) and State Rep. Abdullah Hammoud (D-Dearborn) convened a town hall to address and discuss their approaches and strategies toward infrastructure development and substance abuse issues.
The event took place in the Michigan Room at the University of Michigan-Dearborn and...
