New!
Louisiana Community and Faith Based
Treatment and Recovery Support Funding Award 22 Million to treat
addiction
Louisiana wins Community -Faith Based Treatment Dollars-Read the ATR
Overview
HopeNetworks
PowerPoint on Louisiana DWI Laws and Needed Change
More
on DWI Law
Louisiana Healthcare
OAD Report
Treatment is working for DWI
offenders..
Medicaid and Substance Abuse -Information on State of the State 2004
Why Treatment works in reducing DWI's-data supporting
expansion of treatment to prevent DWI's.
Get Info
On Talking to your kids about Alcohol from NIAAA
12/01 See Louisiana News and Commentary
Learn more about how places like the "Red Barn" can
continue to thrive with loose policy in the
Wall Street
Journal's article.
Full Report, Recovery Saves Louisiana Money-Loren
Scott, Economist's Report.
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References
Making
Treatment available saves Louisiana Millions
Addiction Treatment saves Louisiana Money, new
report by Louisiana Office of Addictive disorders conducted by
economist, Loren Scott, shows Louisiana in the most conservative
approach possible, still saves huge dollars by making effective,
appropriate treatment available for those who meet the criteria for
substance abuse (addiction) treatment.
Download
FACTS ON LOUISIANA AND ADDICTION
CASA
State Substance
Abuse Costs Report
"Shoveling
Up" Costs of Substance Abuse on State Budgets
Public Opinion Poll 2003 Greater New Orleans Area
Get Addiction information go to Q&A
Break the Cycle Stop the stigma:
Children
of Parents with Alcohol& Drug Addiction
Louisiana Underage Drinking Facts
Underage Drinking, Facts
and information a must read!
American Medical Association information on Alcoholism and Addiction
What drug
is most addictive?
LA Oxycotin
Report
Alcohol
New!
Alcoholics
and Underage Drinkers-mean profits for the the alcohol industry
according to this report
Eliminating Problem Drinkers and Underage Illegal Alcohol
Consumption (CASA report) shows a loss of
$56.9 billion (49.0 percent) in
consumer expenditures for beer, wine and liquor--a painful loss of
revenue for the alcohol industry.
Profiting on those at risk? Article on TV
Ads for Alcohol-Welcomed.
About Alcohol
Dependence (Alcoholism)
NIAAA Public Health Information-
"What you don't know may
harm you"
Info on
Why Alcohol Policy
Matters
Risks of alcohol related harm
Genetics and Environment matter
Abuse
"A child who reaches age 21 without
smoking, abusing alcohol or using drugs is virtually certain never to
do so."- Joseph A. Califano, Jr.,
CASA very
instrumental in supporting real policy that is effective.
Alcoholism, defined
Alcohol and Addiction Science Facts
New
Orleans Poll supports Treatment
Youth
Landmark NAS Report to Congress on Underage Drinking
Read the entire
E-Book Version online here
Underage drinking-Facts
(CASA's Teen Drinking Report)
More Alcohol/Health Info.
Quick View
of Costs related to Alcohol In Louisiana
Alcohol and Marketing to Youth
Baton Rouge Youth
Report Marketing & Alcohol
National Overview of Alcohol Policy
It's A Brain Thing!
AMA Report on
harm to the Brain of Youth who drink alcohol.
Alcohol Target Marketing to
African Americans
Parents are worried about the
advertising of alcohol
Poll finds that
parents of teens think alcohol ads have a serious effect on teen
drinking habits or
Download the
Peter Heart Survey, Alcohol Advertising troubling parents.
LSU
Student Drug Use
National Household survey underage drinking
Alcohol College/Youth Poisoning deaths in Louisiana
Illegal Underage Drinking
Alcohol Policy Quick Lists
for La
under
age Drinking, Facts
and information a must read!
Price
Matters, Impact of Increasing the price to reduce underage drinking.
LA Legislative Fact Sheet-Closing Loophole
21 Is 21 Get Facts on this Life saving Effort
2003 HopeNetworks
Legislative PowerPoint to Facts support 21 is 21
Costs of Underage
Drinking
Underage Drinking-Our
Crisis means revenues to some.
Marketing to Young African Americans by
the Alcohol Industry full Report
Marketing to Young African
Americans-Fact Sheet
Television Alcohol Marketing Youth
Addiction
Addiction Science
Addiction Brain Disease
1998 Louisiana Study
Highlights from National
Survey on Drug Use and Health (SAMHSA 2003)
LA Office of Addictive Disorders DWI Report on
Treating 3rd and 4th offenders
Alcohol Problems Costs
to the Workplace
Gambling
Estimating the Social Costs of Gambling in
LA
Louisiana Gambling
Addiction 2002
Rhode Island's review of
State's
Problems and Gambling
Corrections/Crime
Louisiana Ranks First in rates of incarceration
LA Report Strategies to
Reduce Growth in Corrections
Alcohol & Crime
Analysis of Louisiana's Assisted Treatment Laws
Public Safety/Highway
The Population Consumption Model,
Alcohol Control Practices
and Alcohol-Related Traffic Fatalities
Louisiana Impaired Driving
Car
Insurance Costs/DWI
Louisiana MADD
Poverty
Louisiana Poverty
Facts
Healthcare
Parity-Learn MORE
US Mayors Support Health
Insurance Parity for Substance Abuse
3rd Year
Louisiana Unhealthiest state.
LA
Healthcare Facts
Healthiest States
Adult Literacy
Louisiana
State
Estimates
Data for all
states
Employers
Laws and issues with
alcohol/drug related problems
Policy/Lobby Facts
Louisiana lists of Social Ills and "Lasts"
NY Times
Article on Louisiana's Powerful Alcohol Lobby
Louisiana's
"Cut the Fat Report" 2001 (Good
information on Drug Courts, and Cost effectiveness of Treatment vs.
Incarceration)
Lobby Power
A Common Cause
Series about the Impact of Big Money in Politics"
Underage consumption of alcohol
remains the leading drug problem for young people — 6.5 times more youth
die from alcohol than illegal drugs. There are still no
restrictions on alcohol broadcast advertisements targeted to young
people."
Excise Tax
Costs of Alcohol to
Louisiana Healthcare
Alcohol Costs Statement Dr. Richard Scribner of LSU Health
Sciences, report on
Louisiana tax payers forced to pay each
year.
2002 Legislation
2 of the Alcohol Excise Tax Bills Proposed
HB163
HB227
LSU's Dr. Scribner's statement on "
Fiscal Effects of Increasing the Alcohol Excise Tax"
PowerPoint
Alcohol Tax in Louisiana
Other Helpers
Info on
Terms used with Addiction
New Is Addiction a disease?
New Orleans, 2003 Public Opinion Poll-
overwhelmingly supports treatment, responsible alcohol policy,
and prevention efforts. After the 2003 Legislative session and in
the Governor's race up coming, lets hope people vote based on those
same opinions.Download New Orleans
CADA's
2003 Public
Opinion Report in New Orleans area--Public Desire to Treat and
Prevent, Close the Loopholes.
