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Wednesday, April 17, 2013
We are proud to announce the
Philadelphia Pre-Release Screening of
Tickets
Order HERE
Or call Kristin at
215-345-6644, ext 3114
VIP Reception
and film: $75
Film: $15
(at door $20)
(PRO-ACT would appreciate your donation of tickets that we can distribute to those who might not otherwise have the opportunity
to view this film)
By our
SILENCE
we let others
define us. . .
About The Council
The Council of Southeast Pennsylvania, Inc., an affiliate of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD), is a private nonprofit organization serving Bucks County, Chester County, Delaware County, Montgomery County and Philadelphia County. The Council provides a wide range ofservices to families, schools, businesses, individuals and the community at large regardless of ability to pay, ethnicity, race, gender, age and/or sexual orientation.
www.councilsepa.org
About PRO-ACT
PRO-ACT is the regional nonprofit organization working to mobilize and rally individuals in recovery from addiction, as well as their families, friends and allies in a campaign to end discrimination, broaden social understanding and achieve a just response to addiction as a public health crisis.
www.proact.org
This is a screening of a feature documentary film about the 23.5 million Americans living in long-term recovery, and the emerging public recovery movement that will transform how alcohol and other drug problems are dealt with in our communities.
Thursday, May 23, 2013
at
Holy Family University
ETC Auditorium
Corner of Frankford and Grant Avenues, Philadelphia, PA
(plenty of free parking)
A catered VIP Reception will be held prior to the screening and will offer attendees the opportunity to talk with business leaders, legislators, experts in the field, the filmmaker and others
VIP Reception: 6:00 pm
Film: 7:00 pm (doors open 6:45 pm)
Panel Discussion: 8:30 pm
The moving story of The Anonymous People is told through the faces and voices of citizens, leaders, volunteers, corporate executives, public figures, and celebrities who are laying it all on the line to save the lives of others just like them. This passionate new public recovery movement aims to transform public opinion, engage communities and elected officials, and finally shift public policy toward lasting solutions.
Help us to change the conversation from problems to solutions for America's top health problem!
Any funds raised through this event will be used to support Advocacy and Recovery
SPONSORSHIP AND EXPO OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE
If interested, please send an email to Marita
by clicking here
or call her at 215-345-6644, ext. 3160
PRO-ACT is hosted by
The Council
of SoutheastPennsylvania, Inc.
252 West Swamp Road, Unit 12
Doylestown, PA 18901
215-346-6644
www.councilsepa.org
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Many Young Adults Use Parents’ Insurance to Treat Substance Abuse, Mental Illness
Young adults who receive health insurance through their
parents’ plans because of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are more likely
to use the coverage to treat substance abuse, mental illness or
pregnancy, compared with their peers who already had coverage, a new
report finds.
These three conditions accounted for 60 percent of hospital claims
for young adults who were enrolled in their parents’ health plans in
2011, as a result of ACA, according to The Hill. The findings come from a study by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI).
In contrast, substance abuse, mental illness and pregnancy accounted
for about one-third of claims in a group of young people who were
already enrolled in their parents’ plan before healthcare reform took
effect. Under ACA, health plans that provide dependent coverage must let
young adults remain on their parents’ plan until they are 26.
As a result of the law, 3.1 million young adults have gained
coverage, EBRI estimates. The uninsured rate among young people ages 19
to 25 has fallen significantly over the past several years.
The EBRI study found young people enrolled in their parents’ plan
after 2011, when the provision took effect, spent an average of 15
percent more on healthcare, compared with their peers who were already
on their parents’ plan.
Countries Collaborate to Create Synthetic Drug Early Warning System
An international effort is underway to identify and ban new synthetic drugs earlier, Bloomberg Businessweek reports.
Last month, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), which is affiliated with the United Nations (UN), called synthetic drugs “a growing threat to public health, as seen by increased emergency room admissions and calls to poison centers.”
Last month, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), which is affiliated with the United Nations (UN), called synthetic drugs “a growing threat to public health, as seen by increased emergency room admissions and calls to poison centers.”
The INCB called on nations to prevent the manufacture, trafficking
and abuse of these substances. “In recent years, there has been an
unprecedented surge in the abuse of new psychoactive substances,” INCB
President Raymond Yans said in a statement.
“In Europe alone almost one new substance is appearing every week.
Previously, between 2000 and 2005 there were an average of five
notifications of new substances per year. Clear action must be taken now
by governments to prevent and deal with the abuse of these so-called
‘legal highs’ which are already a threat to public health and pose a
significant challenge to public health systems.”
After INCB released a list of more than 1,000 compounds that have
entered the market in the last five years, 55 countries voted to create
an international warning system that will be coordinated through the UN
Office on Drugs and Crime. The system will allow countries to quickly
share data when investigators first learn about compounds, such as in
online chat rooms.
By sharing information, countries with sophisticated labs, such as
the United States, can help countries without such facilities to ban
compounds more quickly.
Yans noted synthetic drugs are sold online from countries where they
are legal to nations where they are illegal. China is the main source of
chemical compounds used in these drugs, he said. Most of the
ingredients are legal there, he added. U.S. officials, after four years
of urging China to ban these substances, have only been able to get the
country to ban mephedrone, which is marketed in the United States as
bath salts.
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