Coalitions Online

Our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone affected by Superstorm Sandy. We know that many CADCA members, friends and family remain without power or are facing other hardships as a result of this historic storm. Here in Northern Virginia, we were spared for the most part, but even our CADCA offices were closed on Monday and Tuesday due to the powerful storm.

The City of Brotherly Love has embraced an extended family of veterans and their families in its Philadelphia Anti-Drug/Anti Violence Network by participating in CADCA’s VetCorps program.

Anti-smoking campaigns can be effective in promoting cessation, but less is known about the dose of advertising related to behavioral change among adult smokers, which types of messages are most effective, and effects on populations disproportionately affected by tobacco use.

One Arizona community recently took steps to stop the devastation of synthetic drugs, declaring them a ‘public nuisance.’

Coalitions looking for quick and clever ways to promote the dangers of risky and binge drinking on and around Halloween can look to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) for free “photo messages” to post on web sites, Facebook pages, e-newsletter, Twitter feeds, and in email blasts.

Join us in February for the 2013 National Leadership Forum, the nation’s largest meeting for community prevention leaders, treatment professionals and researchers, and SAMHSA/CSAP’s 9th Prevention Day! We have an exciting program planned with bigger and better workshops, more networking opportunities, and dynamic plenary sessions. We’re returning to the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center, right on the banks of the Potomac River and just 15 minutes from downtown Washington, D.C.

With marijuana use rates on the rise and attitudes toward the drug softening, especially with marijuana legalization measures on the ballots in Colorado, Oregon and Washington next month, the latest information and research on marijuana-related trends remains a key tool for anti-drug community coalitions. Coalitions can now register for the latest CADCA National Coalition Institute webinar titled “Marijuana: Science and Strategies for Community Coalitions.”

General Arthur T. Dean, CADCA’s Chairman and CEO, gave the keynote address at the Department of Defense’s 22nd annual Red Ribbon Week Awards Ceremony at the Pentagon this week.

National Institute on Drug Abuse research published in this week’s Neuropsychopharmacology shows that MDPV, a synthetic chemical commonly found in the drugs referred to as “bath salts,” is potentially more dangerous than cocaine when tested in rodents. In this study, MDPV prolonged the effects of two neurotransmitters, dopamine and norepinephrine (by blocking reuptake at brain nerve cells) and produced hyperactivity, rapid heart rate and increased blood pressure, which are highly dangerous symptoms.

This week, community officials, prevention partners and community members assembled for an important town hall meeting focusing on over-the-counter and prescription drug abuse among young people.

The Office of National Drug Control Policy’s second annual National Substance Abuse Prevention Month, which was launched by a Presidential Proclamation, continues with its first annual “Above the Influence” Day, held today in more than 200 communities across the nation.

Register now for a TV broadcast on “Debunking Marijuana Myths” on Oct. 25. The program features a panel of science, prevention, and law enforcement experts discussing myths and facts about marijuana.

CADCA has extended the deadline for its Call for Presentations for its 2013 National Leadership Forum until Tuesday, Oct. 23rd.

A panel of coalition experts at the federal, state and local levels selected the following coalitions as CADCA’s 2012 GOT OUTCOMES! Coalition of Excellence award winners: Hunterdon County Safe Communities Coalition in Flemington, N.J. and Liberty Alliance for Youth, Inc. in Liberty, Mo.

CADCA is proud to announce the launching of its first online course on over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription drug (Rx) abuse prevention.