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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.

CADCA and the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) are mobilizing communities through National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month to stop prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) medicine abuse one community at a time.

Today is National Depression Screening Day. More than 1,000 hospitals, colleges, community-based organizations and military installations nationwide will be offering free, anonymous screenings for depression and other mood and anxiety disorders.

Join us for CADCA’s 23rd Annual National Leadership Forum, the nation’s largest meeting for community prevention leaders, treatment professionals and researchers. The Forum will be held Feb. 4-7 at the Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., just outside of Washington, D.C.

As part of National Substance Abuse Prevention Month, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has launched Family Checkup, an online resource that equips parents with research-based skills to help keep their children drug-free.

CADCA supports the Office of National Drug Control Policy’s second annual National Substance Abuse Prevention Month, which was launched by a Presidential Proclamation. ONDCP’s first annual “Above the Influence” (ATI) Day – scheduled for October 18 as part of National Substance Abuse Prevention Month – is generating considerable enthusiasm and pledges of engagement from youth-serving organizations around the country.

CADCA supports the Office of National Drug Control Policy’s second annual National Substance Abuse Prevention Month, which was launched by a Presidential Proclamation this week. You can read the proclamation here.

CADCA and the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) are mobilizing communities through National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month to stop prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) medicine abuse one community at a time.

Tobacco use increased by 34 percent per movie last year in films targeted at children and teens, according to a new study. Researchers said the dramatic rise in smoking scenes in top-grossing U.S. movies with a G, PG, or PG-13 rating ends five years of steady decline in onscreen tobacco use.

The percentage of teens in high school (ages 16 and older) who drove when they had been drinking alcohol decreased by 54 percent between 1991 and 2011, according to a Vital Signs study released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nine out of 10 high school teens (ages 16 and older) did not drink and drive during 2011.