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Recovery Rally 2004 Video!


View Photos Here from the 2004 Recovery Rally!

 

Prison Women and Cycle of Addiction

Approximately 516,200 women on probation (72% of the total), 44,700 women in local jails (70% of the total), 49,200 women in State prisons (65% of the total), and 5,400 women in Federal prisons (59% of the total) have minor children.

Source: Greenfield, Lawrence A., and Snell, Tracy L., US Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Women Offenders (Washington, DC: US Department of Justice, December 1999), p. 7, Table 17.

Facts

Post Katrina

2006 Public Opinion Poll Reveals New Orleans Alcohol and Drug Major Concern
Children in Poverty Report for Louisiana (and all others States)
Making Treatment available saves Louisiana Millions
Addiction Treatment saves Louisiana -dollars and lives.  We support efforts to see data that validates what most know, and here in this report by Louisiana Office of Addictive disorders conducted by economist,  Loren Scott,  we see the socioeconomic value of treatment/recovery.  This report supports our advocacy efforts, providing a view of  Louisiana in the most conservative approach possible, still savings are enormous, if we have effective, appropriate treatment available for those who meet the criteria for substance abuse (addiction) treatment. Today 8% of the adults in need get treatment, and only 4% of youth, this means most who need help don't get it in Louisiana.

National Academy of Sciences Report on Alcohol and Underage Drinking, calls for increased alcohol excise tax, and reduction in target marketing, and more to reduce the risks youth face related to alcohol consumption in the U.S.

Download FACTS ON LOUISIANA AND ADDICTION

Cost of Untreated Addiction
CASA 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

Underage Drinking, Facts and information a must read!

American Medical Association information on Alcoholism and Addiction 

High Risk for Alcohol Problems.
Family History &Community

Alcohol:

$Overview of social and monetary costs alcohol consumption brings the U.S.

 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.

Dr. Richard Scribner's Alcohol Costs Statement

Alcoholism, defined

Alcohol and Addiction Science Facts

New Orleans Poll supports Treatment

LSU's Dr. Scribner's statement on " Fiscal Effects of Increasing the Alcohol Excise Tax"

PowerPoint Alcohol Tax in Louisiana

Quick View of Costs related to Alcohol In Louisiana

National Overview of Alcohol Policy

Illegal Underage Drinking

Alcohol Policy Quick Lists for La under age Drinking, Facts and information a must read!

Costs of Underage Drinking

Underage Drinking-Our Crisis means revenues to some.

21 Is 21 Get Facts on this Life saving Effort.

National Household survey underage drinking

2003 HopeNetworks Legislative PowerPoint to Facts support 21 is 21


Corrections/Crime:
Alcohol & Crime
Analysis of Louisiana's Assisted Treatment Laws


Addiction
Addiction Science

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
 

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."