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Sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in partnership with Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities (TASC), the 4th National Conference on Women, Addiction and Recovery is grounded in the principles of recovery and gender-responsive, trauma-informed care.
Researchers who studied teenagers' social networks concluded that those who were sleep-deprived were more likely to use marijuana, and that the pattern tended to be repeated among clusters of their friends.
Individuals with concealed-carry permits can now bring their guns into establishments in New Mexico that serve alcohol, but the state’s governor says they can’t drink if they do so, the Gov Monitor reported March 12. A bill signed into law…
Faces and Voices of Recovery and Hazelden's Center for Public Advocacy have issued a call for nominations for the 2010 America Honors Recovery Awards, including the Joel Hernandez Award and The Vernon Johnson Award.
Regulations banning tobacco sales to minors, sales of cigarettes in less than 20-pack size, sample giveaways, and tobacco sponsorship of sports, music and other events have been released in final form by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Matthew…
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is “an absolutely remarkable program” that has helped millions of people overcome their addictions, said Joe Gerstein, founder of the Self-Management And Recovery Training (SMART) Recovery program. But Gerstein rejected the disease concept of addiction and pitched…
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is 'an absolutely remarkable program' that has helped millions of people overcome their addictions, said Joe Gerstein, founder of the SMART Recovery program. But Gerstein also questioned the disease concept of addiction and pitched SMART as an alternative for those who dislike AA's faith-based core philosophy.
Sponsored by Faces & Voices of Recovery and Hazelden's Center for Public Advocacy, the America Honors Recovery awards recognize 2010's most influential recovery community leaders and organizations. Nominations for individuals and organizations will be accepted until April 9.
Nominations are now being accepted for the Father Joseph C. Martin Award for Professional Excellence, which honors professionals in the addiction treatment field who embody Father Martin's philosophy and life's work.
If you’ve stopped by the ACTION Campaign II web site recently, you may have noticed that we’re featuring a new promising practice or two each month. Just what is a promising practice? We define a promising practice as an improvement…
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