National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
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The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD) was founded in 1944 by the first female member of Alcoholics Anonymous
(AA), Marty Mann (1905-1980). It has a nationwide network of 95 affiliates around the United States. The organization is set up to fight "the stigma and the disease of alcoholism and other drug addictions." NCADD also assists in the education of Americans that "alcoholism and other drug addictions are preventable and treatable." However, it doesn’t limit its activities to fighting the abuse of alcohol
and drugs.
Historically, NCADD produced radio and television campaigns to educate Americans about alcoholism
and to prevent teens from drinking. The group pioneered the development of employee assistance programs, advocated successfully for the placement of warning labels on alcoholic beverages, promotes Alcohol Awareness month each April, and maintains a registry of addiction recovery to encourage Americans to speak openly about their experiences with addiction.
NCADD’s president Stacia Murphy says, "As a society, we’ve got to do a far better job of persuading our citizens and our young people that alcohol use is a dead end, that they are playing Russian roulette, not only with their own lives, but with the lives of friends, neighbors, and loved ones."
Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous is an international mutual aid movement which says its "primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve sobriety." Now claiming more than 2 million members, AA was founded in 1935 by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith in Akron, Ohio...
(AA), Marty Mann (1905-1980). It has a nationwide network of 95 affiliates around the United States. The organization is set up to fight "the stigma and the disease of alcoholism and other drug addictions." NCADD also assists in the education of Americans that "alcoholism and other drug addictions are preventable and treatable." However, it doesn’t limit its activities to fighting the abuse of alcohol
Alcohol
In chemistry, an alcohol is an organic compound in which the hydroxy functional group is bound to a carbon atom. In particular, this carbon center should be saturated, having single bonds to three other atoms....
and drugs.
Historically, NCADD produced radio and television campaigns to educate Americans about alcoholism
Alcoholism
Alcoholism is a broad term for problems with alcohol, and is generally used to mean compulsive and uncontrolled consumption of alcoholic beverages, usually to the detriment of the drinker's health, personal relationships, and social standing...
and to prevent teens from drinking. The group pioneered the development of employee assistance programs, advocated successfully for the placement of warning labels on alcoholic beverages, promotes Alcohol Awareness month each April, and maintains a registry of addiction recovery to encourage Americans to speak openly about their experiences with addiction.
NCADD’s president Stacia Murphy says, "As a society, we’ve got to do a far better job of persuading our citizens and our young people that alcohol use is a dead end, that they are playing Russian roulette, not only with their own lives, but with the lives of friends, neighbors, and loved ones."