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Problem Gambling Awareness Month 2019: Tips for Behavioral Health Professionals
March is Problem Gambling Awareness Month (PGAM). This grassroots campaign encourages Affiliate Members of the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG), organizational and individual members, state health agencies, gambling companies, recovery groups, healthcare organizations and providers to hold conferences, air public service announcements, host screening days, run social media campaigns, and any other… Continue Reading Problem Gambling Awareness Month 2019: Tips for Behavioral Health Professionals
National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week
Each year since 2010 in the third week in January, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) sponsor National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week (NDAFW), to be held this year on Jan. 22-27, 2019. NDAFW is a week-long series of educational events that link teens with scientific… Continue Reading National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week
CARA 2.0
CARA 2.0 Addiction in America has been deemed a public health crisis with the opioid epidemic declared a national emergency. In November 2016, the Surgeon General published a report on addiction in which former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued a call to action to end the crisis of addiction. The report, Facing Addiction in America,… Continue Reading CARA 2.0