National Substance Abuse Treatment Locator
Family Involvement in Adolescent Substance
Abuse Treatment Issue Brief
National Institute of Drug Abuse Marijuana Info Facts
The Dangers of Over the Counter / Prescription Drugs
The Dangers of Cough Syrup AKA-DXM
Drug Information
National Drug Threat Assessment 2010
The Addiction Project: HBO's ground-breaking series |
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Families of Youth with
Substance Use Addiction:
A National Dialogue.
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NFD partnered with Faces and Voices of Recovery to develope the teleconferences
Sharon Smith, the founder of MOMSTELL, one of the organizers of the National Family Dialogue
meeting which took place in Rockville, MD was quoted "We are building a national voice for positive change in youth substance abuse treatment and recovery.”
The meeting, supported by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and included 65 members of families of youth impacted by the disease of addiction from 34 states and four tribal nations.
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Substance Abuse Parity
MOMSTELL is working with other organizations to ensure that substance abuse prevention, treatment, recovery, and full and equitable parity for addiction and mental health is included in the final health care reform legislation.
Federal Legislation
SB 3131- A bill to authorize Drug Free Communities Enhancement Grants to address major emerging issues or local crisis: We Support this bill.
International Information
The World Drug Report 2010 exposes a serious lack of drug treatment facilities around the world. The Report estimates that, in 2008, only around a fifth of problem drug users worldwide had received treatment in the past year, which means around 20 million drug dependent people did not receive treatment.
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