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SAMHSA's Road to Recovery Update
The Road to Recovery Update keeps you informed about activities leading up to National Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery Month (Recovery Month) in September. Feel free to forward this information to friends and colleagues, include it in newsletters or listservs, or link to it from your Web site.
Last Chance to Submit a Question to the Expert For the April Webcast
Get answers to your questions about the topics covered in the "Alcohol en la Comunidad Latina"—Producido en español" Webcast. Submit your questions using our anonymous online form, and answers from our expert will be posted in early May.
Visit Ask the Expert before April 26th to submit questions for this month's expert: Rita L. Nieves, RN, MPH. Ms. Nieves is the Director of the Bureau of Substance Abuse Services at the Boston Public Health Commission.
Visit Ask the Expert before April 26th to submit questions for this month's expert: Rita L. Nieves, RN, MPH. Ms. Nieves is the Director of the Bureau of Substance Abuse Services at the Boston Public Health Commission.
Next Webcast
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Wednesday, May 2: "Helping Families Find Recovery"
Families can be involved in the treatment of an individual with addiction. This show will focus on how they can by examining how foster care programs, family drug courts, mutual support groups, community-based organizations, and other services are helping families walk the road to recovery together. It also highlights treatment options available to family members of an individual with addiction.
Wednesday, May 2: "Helping Families Find Recovery"
Families can be involved in the treatment of an individual with addiction. This show will focus on how they can by examining how foster care programs, family drug courts, mutual support groups, community-based organizations, and other services are helping families walk the road to recovery together. It also highlights treatment options available to family members of an individual with addiction.
Webcast Promotion
SAMHSA provides free DVDs or VHS tapes to Public, Educational and Government (PEG) access television channels. See if your local PEG access television channel is receiving the Road to Recovery programming by checking their programming schedules or by clicking on the following link and entering your state: http://www.recoverymonth.gov/2007/multimedia/
accesscablestates.aspx. If not, encourage them to carry the programming. They can email info@riedelcommunications.com to request the programming.
accesscablestates.aspx. If not, encourage them to carry the programming. They can email info@riedelcommunications.com to request the programming.
About Recovery Month
National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month, celebrating 18 years of observance in 2007, is an initiative of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA's) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT). For more information about Recovery Month, visit www.recoverymonth.gov.
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