Kootenai Co. Substance Abuse Council

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Kootenai Co. Substance Abuse Council Empowering youth and adults to be drug and alcohol free.

The Kootenai County Substance Abuse
Council, formed in 1985, is a nonprofit association of civic leaders, educators, law enforcement and concerned citizens

10/09/2026

Speaking TRUTH

This is a dangerous substance and needs to be banned.
10/09/2026

This is a dangerous substance and needs to be banned.

Kratom is involved in more than 5,200 overdose deaths, and it's sol...

Things aren't always what they seem.
09/15/2026

Things aren't always what they seem.

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09/05/2026

New federal data show peak daily use at ages 27 and 28, with nearly one in seven using ma*****na almost every day. Daily ma*****na use among American adults has reached an all-time high, and newly released federal data show the trend the industry rarely advertises alongside it: rising addiction a

09/05/2026

The legalization of recreational ma*****na is having unintended consequences throughout the East Coast, as evidenced by recent stories in Connecticut, Maine, and Massachusetts. This incautious policy is harming communities and should be repealed. For example, the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut,

09/05/2026

Researchers checked whether the THC advertised on h**p edible labels could actually have come from h**p. For four out of five products, the arithmetic doesn't work. A study published this week in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs finds that 80 percent of delta-9 THC edibles sold to Amer

09/05/2026
Interesting information.
09/05/2026

Interesting information.

The World Health Organization just updated its ma*****na report for the first time in a decade. Legalization does not come out well.

WHO's own words: emergency room visits rose where ma*****na was legalized, and the increases were "most marked in jurisdictions that allow the commercialized supply of cannabis."

Children are showing up in ERs after eating edibles "in the belief that they are candies." Teens in those same states now perceive ma*****na as less risky. The product is more potent than what the illicit market sold, and cheaper.

This is the World Health Organization.

Every state weighing legalization and every official weighing rescheduling should read all 19 pages before the next vote.

https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240123274

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09/04/2026

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Address

PBX 3454
Hayden, ID
83835

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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+12087732118

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