Awareness & Education Events

CAS Events

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Save the Date

October 27 - October 31, 2008
Carolinas Conference on Addiction and Recovery

Sheraton Chapel Hill Hotel, Chapel Hill, NC

Jointly sponsored by
The School of Medicine of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies and Addiction Recovery Institute

National/International Events

	March 10-16, 2008 Brain Awareness Week http://brainweek.dana.org/ Brain Awareness Week is an international effort organized by the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives to advance public awareness about the progress and benefits of brain research. The Dana Alliance is joined in the campaign by partners in the United States and around the world, including medical and research organizations (including the Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies); patient advocacy groups; the National Institutes of Health, and other government agencies; service groups; hospitals and universities; K-12 schools; and professional organizations.
	April 2008 Alcohol Awareness Month http://www.ncadd.org/programs/awareness/index.html Alcohol Awareness Month, sponsored by the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence since 1987, encourages local communities to focus on alcoholism and alcohol-related issues. Alcohol Awareness Month began as a way of reaching the American public with information about the disease of alcoholism - that it is a treatable disease, not a moral weakness, and that alcoholics are capable of recovery.
	April 2008 National Alcohol Screening Day http://www.mentalhealthscreening.org/events/nasd National Alcohol Screening Day is an annual event that provides information about alcohol and health as well as free, anonymous screening for alcohol-use disorders. Event sites are located in community, college, primary health care, military and employment settings. The program is designed to provide outreach, screening and education about alcohol’s effects on health for the general public. An annual theme focuses on a broad health message that is applicable to anyone who drinks alcohol.
	September 2008 National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month http://www.recoverymonth.gov/2008/ The Recovery Month observance highlights the societal benefits of substance abuse treatment, lauds the contributions of treatment providers and promotes the message that recovery from substance abuse in all its forms is possible. The observance also encourages citizens to take action to help expand and improve the availability of effective substance abuse treatment for those in need. Recovery Month is sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA's) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT).