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The release of the 2002 National Survey on Drug Use and Health 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.
Nashville country music artists promote recovery from drug and alcohol addiction and benefit treatment and recovery programs.
President Bush announced in his State of the Union Address a new substance abuse treatment initiative, Access to Recovery. This new initiative will provide people seeking drug and alcohol treatment with vouchers to pay for a range of appropriate community-based services.
CSAT has created this Guide for Media Action to help print and broadcast media outlets raise awareness about addiction treatment issues facing your community.
View state and local proclamations.
The 2003 kit is now available online in both HTML and PDF versions. This toolkit features helpful resources, event ideas, suggestions, and samples on how to reach local media, fact sheets for key constituency groups and special audiences, and more.
Get information about these awareness events, and watch streaming videos that contain brief interviews of Charles Curie, H. Westley Clark, and Stacia Murphy.
Copy and paste HTML code onto your Web page to help us reach more people who need reliable substance abuse treatment information.
You can order Recovery Month videocassette tapes of the Webcasts. Check back frequently for updates.
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Interested organizations and others can downloadable these fliers and use it to help promote Recovery Month multimedia events. You can use this as a handout at meetings, in information racks, as well as other public venues.
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John P. Walters, Director of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), today released the President's National Drug Control Strategy. The Strategy commits unprecedented resources to the treatment of drug abuse, including a new $600 million, three-year voucher plan that will expand access to substance abuse treatment, enhance consumer choice, and increase provider accountability. (2/12/03)
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) will host a news briefing prior to the start of CADCA's Annual National Leadership Forum. (2/7/03)
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This report focuses on action steps that a community can use to expand its efforts for substance abuse treatment and recovery.
Join the Voices for Recovery: Celebrating Health is the theme for 2003. Support this initiative by helping to create awareness in your community.
Print the 2003 Recovery Month Poster
Abuse of prescription drugs is rising rapidly in the United States. Data released today indicate that in 2001 almost three million youth aged 12 to 17 had used prescription medications non-medically in their lifetimes. The data were released by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) at a joint press conference with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to focus public attention on the dangers of abusing prescription medications.
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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration today announced that persons seeking physicians who can prescribe buprenorphine, a new prescription medication for addiction to prescription pain relievers or heroin, can obtain information online at buprenorphine.samhsa.gov
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration today announced that persons seeking physicians who can prescribe buprenorphine, a new prescription medication for addiction to prescription pain relievers or heroin, can obtain information online at buprenorphine.samhsa.gov
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