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In This Issue...

Page 1: Recovery MonthPage 2: On the HorizonPage 2: In the SpotlightPage 3: Voices for RecoveryPage 3: National Survey

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September is National Alcohol

and Drug Addiction RecoveryMonth

Recovery Monthis an annual observance that takesplace during the month of September.

The Recovery Monthobservance highlights the societalbenefits of substance abuse treatment, lauds thecontributions of treatment providers and promotes themessage that recovery from substance abuse in all itsforms is possible. The observance also encouragescitizens to take action to help expand and improve theavailability of effective substance abuse treatment for

those in need. Each year a new theme, or emphasis, isselected for the observance.

Recovery Monthprovides a platform to celebrate peoplein recovery and those who serve them. Each September,thousands of treatment programs around the countrycelebrate their successes and share them with theirneighbors, friends, and colleagues in an effort to educatethe public about treatment, how it works, for whom, andwhy. Substance abuse treatment providers have madesignificant accomplishments, having transformed the livesof untold thousands of Americans. These successes oftengo unnoticed by the broader population; therefore,Recovery Monthprovides a vehicle to celebrate these

successes.

Recovery Monthalso serves to educate the public onsubstance abuse as a national health crisis, that addictionis a treatable disease, and that recovery is possible.

Recovery Monthhighlights the benefits of treatment fornot only the affected individual, but for their family, friends,workplace, and society as a whole. Educating the publicreduces the stigma associated with addiction andtreatment. Accurate knowledge of the disease helpspeople to understand the importance of supportingtreatment programs, those who work within the treatmentfield, and those in need of treatment.

To learn more about the 2010 National Alcohol and DrugAddiction Recovery Month please visit:http://www.recoverymonth.gov/

Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone

can start today and make a new ending. Maria Robinson

ADA Health and Wellness Program

211 E. Chicago AvenueChicago, IL 60611

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On the Horizon

2010 ADA Annual Session Orlando,

Florida

Friends of Bill W. Sessions - The ADA is looking

forward to providing the Friends of Bill W. sessions at

the 2010 Annual Session in Orlando, FL. Sessions will

occur at 7:00 AM on October 9-12, 2010. Information

on location for these important sessions will be

forthcoming. Be sure to check your annual session

materials for additional information.

ADA Annual Session Pavilion Stop by the ADA

Annual Session Pavilion and visit the health and

wellness kiosk! To promote the benefits of physical

activity, the Council on Dental Practice will introduce

its Healthy Miles Program by distributing pedometers

to the first 1,000 ADA members who visit the Health

and Wellness kiosk in the ADA Pavilion during the

2010 ADA Annual Session in Orlando. Instructions for

how to record and track your progress (number of

steps taken), will be included with each pedometer.

Additional health and wellness information and

materials to assist in implementing and maintaining

healthy behaviors in the dental practice will also be

available.

2011 ADA Conference on Dentist Health and

Wellness We ask that you save the date to join us

for two days of focused education about enriching the

health and wellness of the dental team! Experts will

cover topics including addiction, depression, stress

reduction, fitness, work/life balance and injury

prevention in the dental practice. Additional featuresinclude health, ergonomic and hearing screening,

physical activity night and movie night. Mark those

calendars for August 18-19, 2011 and look for more

information to come on ADA.org

South Carolina DentalAssociation in the

Spotlight:

The South Carolina Dental Assistance and AdvocacyCommittee (DAAC) is a resource that the South CarolinaDental Association has made available to its members.

Members of DAAC are trained to work with peoplesuffering an addiction and are available 24 hours a day toprovide help.

The goal of the DAAC is to advocate and assist anindividual who has seemingly lost his/her way and, withunderstanding and compassion, help him get back ontrack to a wholesome, productive and happy life in spite oftheir disease.

When someone calls DAAC about a dentist, aninvestigation is necessary before any action is taken.Interventions are conducted when necessary. When it isnecessary for a dentist to be away from his practice,DAAC works with the staff and family in managing his

absence.

If legal problems exist, DAAC works with the individualsattorney and will act as his advocate as long as he iscompliant with the terms of his contract.

The DAAC can refer dentists to the RecoveringProfessional Program (RPP), an alternative to the boarddisciplinary process, which operates independently. RPPprovides accountable, consistent and confidentialmonitoring for both voluntary and board-referredparticipants to ensure safe practice of health professionalsin South Carolina. For information on the RPP, pleasevisit:www.scrpp.orgorhttp://scda.org/.
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Voices for Recovery

For the thousands who came out to the Roger WilliamsNational Memorial on North Main Street for a rally insupport of recovering drug and alcohol addicts,

Saturday afternoon signified a number of differentthings.

For Jim Gillen, a recovering addict and a leadorganizer of the event, it was a chance to celebrate,with friends and family, another year of living clean andsober.

Its like our Mardi Gras or our New Years Eve, wherewe can show that were not defeated by this illness,said Gillen, who was there with his two sons and a ForCarrie Blake, also a recovering addict and asubstance-abuse treatment advocate, it was about

trying to erase the social stigma that comes withhaving battled drugs or alcohol.

We need to show that its normal people tha t arestruggling with this. The more that we put an accurateface on addiction and show that recovery is real andsustainable, the more it gives people going through ithope and helps others understand us better, she said.

For Nick Zaller, project leader for the Closing theAddiction Treatment Gap Coalition, an effort to boostaddiction treatment resources in the state, it was a dayto remind elected officials that such treatments must

ultimately carry greater weight in policy circles.

According to Zallers organization, approximately100,000 Rhode Islanders suffer from addiction, butonly one in eight is getting the treatment needed.

True health-care reform must include robust benefitsfor substance-abuse treatment, he said. For too long,behavioral health has been separate from mainstreammedicine.

Saturdays event was the eighth annual Rally forRecovery, the largest in a number of local events timed

with Septembers National Alcohol and Drug AddictionRecovery month.

It brought out more than 50 local organizations thatwork in substance-abuse, mental-illness, anddevelopmental-disability fields, as well as anassortment of local politicians, from Providence MayorDavid N. Cicilline, who is running to replace U.S. Rep.Patrick Kennedy, to independent candidate forgovernor Lincoln Chafee. (Continued on page 4)

National Survey Reveals Increasesin Substance Use from 2008 to 2009

The use of illicit drugs among Americans increased

between 2008 and 2009 according to a national surveyconducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental HealthServices Administration (SAMHSA). The National Surveyon Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) shows the overall rateof current illicit drug use in the United States rose from8.0 percent of the population aged 12 and older in 2008to 8.7 percent in 2009. This rise in overall drug use wasdriven in large part by increases in marijuana use.

The annual NSDUH survey, released by SAMHSA at thekickoff of the 21st annual National Alcohol and DrugAddiction Recovery Month, also shows that thenonmedical use of prescription drugs rose from 2.5percent of the population in 2008 to 2.8 percent in 2009.

Additionally, the estimated number of past-month ecstasyusers rose from 555,000 in 2008 to 760,000 in 2009, andthe number of methamphetamine users rose from314,000 to 502,000 during that period.

Flat or increasing trends of substance use were reportedamong youth (12 to 17-year-olds). Although the rate ofoverall illicit drug use among young people in 2009remained below 2002 levels, youth use was higher in2009 compared to 2008 (10.0 percent of youth in 2009,versus 9.3 percent in 2008, versus 11.6 percent in2002). The rate of marijuana use in this age groupfollowed a similar pattern, declining from 8.2 percent ofyoung people in 2002, to 6.7 percent in 2006, remaining

level until 2008, and then increasing to 7.3 percent in2009. Additionally, the level of youth perceiving great riskof harm associated with smoking marijuana once or twicea week dropped from 54.7 percent in 2007 to 49.3percent in 2009, marking the first time since 2002 thatless than half of young people perceived great harm infrequent marijuana use. The rate of current tobacco useor underage drinking among this group remained stablebetween 2008 and 2009.

Overall past-month illicit drug use among young adultsaged 18-25 increased from 19.6 percent of young adultsin 2008, to 21.2 percent in 2009. This rise in use wasalso driven in large part by the use of marijuana.

These results are a wake-up call to the nation, said

SAMHSA Administrator Pamela S. Hyde, J.D. Our

strategies of the past appear to have stalled out with

generation next. Parents and caregivers, teachers,

coaches, faith and community leaders, must find credible

new ways to communicate with our youth about the

dangers of substance abuse.(Continued on page 4)



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National Survey (continued from page 3)Todays findings are disappointing, but not surprising, because eroding attitudes and perceptions of harm about drug use ovehe past two years have served as warning signs for exactly what we see today. said Director of National Drug Control Policy

Gil Kerlikowske. Fortunately, this Administrations National Drug Control Strategy, with its focus on prevention, treatment,mart law enforcement, and support for those in recovery, highlights the r ight tools to reduce drug use and its consequences.

But our efforts must be reinforced and supported by the messages kids get from their parents. Past month marijuana use wasmuch less prevalent among youths who perceived strong parental disapproval for trying marijuana or hashish once or twicehan among those who did not -- 4.8 percent versus 31.3 percent, respectively.

Despite some troubling trends, the 2009 NSDUH shows continued progress in lowering levels of tobacco consumption amongpeople aged 12 years and older. Current cigarette use among this population has reached a historic low level at 23.3 percent.However, even in this case, the pace of improvement is stagnating. The use of cocaine among those aged 12 or older hasalso declined 30 percent from 2006.

As in previous years, the 2009 NSDUH shows a vast disparity between the number of people needing specialized treatmentor a substance abuse problem and the number who actually receive it. According to the survey, 23.5 million Americans aged2 or older (9.3 percent of this population) need specialized treatment for a substance abuse problem, but only 2.6 million (oroughly 11.2 percent of them) receive it.

NSDUH is a scientifically conducted annual survey of approximately 67,500 people throughout the country, aged 12 andolder. Because of its statistical power, it is the nations premier source of statistical information on the scope and nature ofmany substance abuse behavioral health issues affecting the nation.

The complete survey findings are available on the SAMHSA Web site at: http://oas.samhsa.gov/nsduhLatest.htm.


Voices for Recovery (continued from page 3)

t also brought out Gil Kerlikowske, White House director of national drug-control policy, who spoke briefly at the start of the rally. Kerlikowskas been President Obamas point person in shifting national drug policy away from the war on drugs mentality a decades-long approaco treating the nations drug epidemic as a crime to be combated with police enforcement and stiff prison sentences in favor of strategies ackle drug addiction as an illness best handled through stepped-up prevention and treatment efforts.

Blake and other advocates said that the presence of many local politicians and Kerlikowske showed that the idea of investing in substance-buse treatment, while still far from a top priority, is starting to gain traction. Theres still a long way to go, but I th ink the idea is starting to s

n, said Zaller.

Earlier in the day, Kerlikowske joined Police Chief Dean Esserman, police district commanders and patrolmen on a tour of what had been twhe citys most troubled housing projects Chad Brown on Smith Hill and Lockwood Plaza in South Providence and are now the focus ohe departments unique efforts at curbing the outdoor drug trade. Kerlikowske, a former Seattle police chief, said after the tour that Mr.

Obamas national drug strategy focuses on the same kinds of local partnerships between the police and community groups that worked in thProvidence projects.

We need to apply the same ideas that weve seen here to the drug problem, he said. We need to make partnerships and collaborations wprevention and treatment programs and make the same sort of progress with the drug program as we have done with the crime problem.

Modeled after a program started in High Point, N.C., the Providence effort has the police and the Urban League of Rhode Island working clowith residents to discourage drug dealing.

What we have shown here is that it works, Esserman said. What started as an experiment in Lockwood has grown to a national program tbrought the director from the White House to walk the streets to see that it is a different neighborhood and a different relationship than whentarted.

Article from The Providence Journalat http://www.projo.com/news/content/RECOVERY_09-12-10_2BJSB6S_v24.22acc80.html
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