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Date: August 29, 2003
Media Contact: SAMHSA Media
Phone: 301-443-8956


 

 

National Survey on Drug Abuse to be Released at Recovery Month Press Conference

 

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration will unveil the new “Household Survey” at a press conference on Friday September 5.  The annual survey, renamed the “National Survey on Drug Use and Health” to reflect survey changes, is the largest of its kind, and is the government’s primary vehicle for determining how many persons are abusing illegal drugs, pharmaceuticals, alcohol and tobacco.  The release of the 2002 survey is the highlight of the annual Recovery Month press conference that ushers in a month long celebration of treatment for and recovery from alcohol and drug abuse, and honors those in recovery, as well as treatment providers.

WHO

  • John Walters, Director, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy

  • Charles G. Curie, Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

  • Melody Heaps, President Illinois TASC (Treatment Alternatives for Safer Communities) and a member of the steering committee for SAMHSA’s Partners for Recovery

  • Lynn Cooper, person in recovery

WHEN

Friday, September 5, 2002, 9:30 a.m.

WHERE

HHS Auditorium 

Hubert Humphrey Building 

200 Independence Avenue S.W. 

Washington, D.C.        

 

 
 

SAMHSA, a public health agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the lead federal agency for improving the quality and availability of substance abuse prevention, addiction treatment and mental health services in the United States.

 
 


 

 

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