Apple unveils features to limit phone screen time [NEWS12]

Apple on Monday unveiled new features for its iPhones and other mobile devices to help limit screen time. While iPhones already have a do not disturb feature, the new controls will allow users to block app notifications from showing up on the home...

NIH HEAL INITIATIVE

In April 2018, NIH launched the HEAL (Helping to End Addiction Long-term) Initiative, an aggressive, trans-agency effort to speed scientific solutions to stem the national opioid public health crisis. This Initiative will build on extensive, well-established...

Announcing the 38th Annual R. Brinkley Smithers Golf Invitational

With summer right around the corner, LICADD would like to invite you to our 38th Annual R. Brinkley Smithers Golf Invitational. This year, it will be held on Tuesday, October 2nd at The Creek and Piping Rock, two of Long Island's premier private...

Announcing the 38th Annual R. Brinkley Smithers Golf&nbsp;Invitational

Tackling Drugged, Distracted Driving [INDEPENDENT]

Suffolk County’s assistant district attorneys and investigators from the Vehicular Crimes Bureau will soon find themselves in different roles on the prevention side of the law, educating teens on the dangers of impaired and reckless driving. District...

A Teen Wrote and Co-Directed This Powerful PSA About the Rapid Spiral of Opioid Addiction [ADWEEK]

A recent opioid-abuse awareness ad isn’t just targeted at teens; it’s also written and directed by one. “Hey Charlie,” is a nearly 4-minute ad from The Christopher D. Smithers Foundation and Columbia University Medical Center, following a 17-year-old...