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Recovery Ranch and The Addiction Cemetery, Where Addictions Go to Die

Reaching out to curb teen prescription drug abuse

Drug treatment advocates in a divided house: Should users who relapse face jail time? What exactly is a 'successful' treatment program?

Wellstone-Domenici law update
President Bush was joined by Senators Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and Pete Domenici (R-NM) and Representatives Patrick Kennedy (D-MA) and Jim Ramstad (R-MN) for a ceremonial signing of the Wellstone-Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act on November 20. Learn more…

Thank you Aaron!
Faces & Voices gives a special thanks to Aaron Kucharski for the incredible job he did working as our Field Organizer on the Recovery Voices Count project. Many of you met Aaron as he crisscrossed the country working with recovery community organizations and recovery advocates to organize campaigns to register voters, educate candidates and the public and get-out-the-vote on Election Day. Here are a few pictures … Learn more

Recovery Voices Counted!
Aaron spent the last few weeks documenting the experiences of the 12 sites that were part of Recovery Voices Count. In New Jersey advocates collected the stories of voters including Lynnette Small-Gavin, who reported, “"I got to the polls at 5:35 am and there were already about 25 people ahead of me. I encountered several young men I knew from the community who are in recovery. They were so proud to be able to vote and very touched by being able to have their voices heard. Talking to them made a profound impact on me." We’ll be posting the final report and pictures, materials and other resources later this month.

The Recovery Bill of Rights
Recovery community organizations are using The Recovery Bill of Rights, now available as a poster to get the word out that all Americans have a right to recover from addiction. Alabama Voices for Recovery distributed 1000 copies of the poster during Recovery Month. In Ohio, Donna Conley of Ohio Citizen Advocates…Learn more

Thank you New Hampshire Counselors!
The New Hampshire Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors Association (NHADACA) awarded Faces & Voices of Recovery its 2008 Legislative Advocacy Award on November 21. Board member Steve Gumbley accepted the award for Faces & Voices work organizing the December 2, 2007 Presidential Town Hall meeting in New Hampshire.

Faces & Voices of Recovery's Online Book Club
Our second book club selection is Rescued Lives: The Oxford House Approach to Substance Abuse (2008) by Leonard A Jason, Bradley D. Olson, and Karen Foli. Join Oxford House CEO Paul Molloy online every Friday to talk about the book! Learn more...

Resources
A special issue of Substance Use and Misuse, is devoted to the topic of recovery. Alexandre Laudet, Director, Center for the Study of Addictions and Recovery at the National Development and Research Institutes, Inc., is the Guest Editor.

Compact for Racial Justice: An Agenda for Fairness and Unity is a new publication offering an agenda for fairness and unity in communities, politics and the law. It offers four specific recommendations for immediate action: implement racial impact statements, abolish the mandatory detention of immigrants, support people in reentry and the communities where they return, and make racial equity a standard for all criminal justice policy and practice.

Discovering Choices is a new book from Al-Anon Family Groups that shares the experiences, strengths and hopes of Al-Anon members

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Smells like trouble  An excellent article regarding “Huffing”
by Paul Mazurek,  RN, BSN, CCRN, CEN, CFRN, NREMT-P, I/C

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