Who We Are Board of Directors NCAPDA’s Board consists of individuals who are committed to preventing prescription drug misuse and abuse that can lead to addiction and overdose deaths. Most also perform staff roles in running NCAPDA’s operations. April Rovero – Founder/Executive Director April retired from Lucent Technologies as a National Program Management Director in 2001 after a 30-year career in telecommunications. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and a Masters Certificate in Program Management from Stephen’s Institute of Technology. April founded NCAPDA shortly after her son Joey’s accidental death on December 18, 2009, from an … Continue reading →

Recursos Hemos buscado en la web información útil sobre las drogas, sus peligros y cómo obtener ayuda si la necesita. Los enlaces a continuación están organizados en las siguientes categorías: Información sobre medicamentos y recursos educativos. Información sobre medicamentos Información al consumidor de medicamentos ¿Está preocupado por esas cápsulas que encontró en la habitación de su adolescente? Existe una gran posibilidad que nuestro Asistente para identificación de píldoras (Buscador de píldoras) pueda ayudarlo a hacer coincidir el tamaño, la forma y el color de estas píldoras junto con una descripción detallada en nuestra base de datos de medicamentos. Instituto Nacional … Continue reading →

Sobre Nosotros La Coalición Nacional Contra el Abuso de Medicamentos Recetados (NCAPDA) es una organización voluntaria 501(c)3 sin fines de lucro establecida para prevenir el trastorno por consumo de sustancias (SUD) relacionado con medicamentos recetados / opioides y las muertes por sobredosis a través de la educación comunitaria, el cambio de políticas, y acción legislativa a nivel local, estatal y federal. Meses después de la trágica muerte de su hijo menor, Joseph (Joey) John Rover III, April Rovero y Joseph Rovero fundaron NCAPDA en junio de 2010. Joey falleció por una combinación letal de alcohol y medicamentos recetados que un … Continue reading →

Who We Are Board of Directors NCAPDA’s Board consists of individuals who are committed to preventing prescription drug misuse and abuse that can lead to addiction and overdose deaths. Most also perform staff roles in running NCAPDA’s operations.   April Rovero – Founder/Executive Director April retired from Lucent Technologies as a National Program Management Director in 2001 after a 30-year career in telecommunications. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and a Masters Certificate in Program Management from Stephen’s Institute of Technology. April founded NCAPDA shortly after her son Joey’s accidental death on December 18, 2009, from an … Continue reading →

Our Partners We have partnered with a number of organizations that share similar goals. We will leverage each others’ strengths to increase the effectiveness of our efforts. Alvin Lossli, M.D. Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation  Dr Loosli , a medical practitioner at Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation in Walnut Creek, CA, is a UCSF School of Medicine graduate and has over 35 years of Orthopedic & Sports Medicine experience treating patients of all ages & activity levels.  Additionally, he was the sports medicine consultant for the USA Synchronized Swimming team Olympics in 1992, 1996 & 2008 and the team Physician for the … Continue reading →