National Drug Control Office Throws Support For NOPE’s Mission

NOPE Task Force directors recently met with the federal government’s top drug policy officials in Washington, D.C. The officials pledged support for the group’s school presentations and annual vigils.
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People Addicted To Drugs Suffer When Hospitals Don’t Report Overdoses to Their Families

NOPE Task Force is working with drug-control advocates to push hospitals to do more for patients using heavy drugs. Proposed legislation would require hospitals to contact families of patients who suffer overdoses.
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Florida Finally Passes Prescription Drug Tracking System

NOPE Task Force and other groups rallied legislators to create a statewide tracking database to reduce prescription drug abuse. The law took seven years to pass.
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Words and Images Prod Youths to Get Help

NOPE Task Force aims to get youths addicted to drugs into treatment programs. The organization helps subsidize treatment at a recovery center in Florida at a time when the need for drug rehabilitation is growing in the U.S.
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Sarasota, Fla. Called on NOPE to Help Stop Spread of Drugs

Following a rise in overdose deaths and prescription drugs fraud, officials started a NOPE Task Force chapter to educate youths on the dangers of drugs. They plan to reach 35,000 students with NOPE’s emotional presentations.
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NOPE Support Group Offers Comfort to Grieving Families

Unique support group helps families who lost children and other relatives to drugs get through daily life. Members turn to each other particularly during the holiday season, when there are constant reminders of loved ones who aren’t there anymore.
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At Vigils, Anti-Drug Official Urges Citizens to Work with NOPE

Former Florida drug control director credits NOPE with galvanizing citizens in pressuring lawmakers to adopt new measures for helping those battling addiction. His message came during the third-annual NOPE National Candle Light Vigil in 30 cities.
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Communities Join NOPE For Fresh Approach to Fighting Drug Abuse

Seminole County, Fla. is the newest NOPE chapter. Community leaders there decided they needed the group’s blunt school presentations after many teenagers revealed fears about the spread of illegal and prescription drugs.
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Student Letters Offer Grief and Gratitude for NOPE Task Force Presentations

As soon as the police officers, judges and parents began speaking in schools on the dangers of using drugs, a stream of emotional letters flowed into the office of Narcotics Overdose Prevention and Education Task Force (NOPE), which organized the talks.
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With New Overdose Profile, NOPE Task Force and Partners Set to Battle Pills Abuse

He was a 39-year-old white man. He had a high school education. He often worked in construction or sales. He had a history of drug abuse. He was a patient of a pain management clinic. That’s the profile of a typical person who has died of a drug overdose in Palm Beach County, Fla. -- and likely many other parts of the country, according to new research by Gary Martin, a detective and psychotherapist who analyzed 207 overdose deaths in Palm Beach County in 2007 and 2008.
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