National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information

http://www.health.org/press.htm (PC Press Internet CD, 03/1996)

The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information

Off the Presses

Press Releases

JAMA Study: Alcohol Dependence A Growing Problem For Women -- March 13, 1996.
(The AMA's press release section offers this announcement and several others regarding alcohol. Registration is required for this free service.)

Treating depression in alcoholic patients helps to prevent relapse. Abstract of related JAMA article

Return To Social Drinking Impossible For Most Problem Drinkers -- March 13, 1996.
(The AMA's press release section offers this announcement and several others regarding alcohol. Registration is required for this free service.)

Abstract of related JAMA article {not yet available; coming soon}

SAMHSA/CSAP Media Advisory - Parents' Concern With Teen Marijuana Use is the Focus of National Attention -- February 28, 1996

HHS Press Release - President Announces Nationwide Domestic Violence Hotline -- February 21, 1996

NIDA Media Advisory - Attention and Memory Impaired in Heavy Users of Marijuana -- February 20, 1996

White House Press Release - President Clinton Announces White House Leadership Conference on Youth Drug Use and Violence for March 7, 1996 -- February 14, 1996

USDA, HHS Release Updated Dietary Guidelines for Americans -- January 2, 1996

PRIDE Press Release -- November 2, 1995

FDA Press Release - Children and Tobacco: The Problem -- August 10, 1995

ATID in the News

Senate Confirms General Barry R. McCaffrey as head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy -- March 1, 1996

Radio Interviews

CBS Radio Interview of Dr. Lewis Eigen, Spokesperson for NCADI -- December 10, 1995

Campaigns

NCADI's Media Resources

Media Liaison Specialist
1-800-487-4890
Provides the media with timely and reliable responses to their inquiries about substance abuse.
CSAP RADIO-Newsline
1-800-CSAP-RAD
1-800-272-7723
Fully-produced sixty-second radio spots featuring voice actualities from experts in the substance abuse field.

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