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ACT NOW:
Help get the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act passed today with just one phone call  We know from experience that the most effective way to address these challenges is to initiate a comprehensive response that addresses all aspects of the problem. Designed to respond both to today’s heroin and opiate epidemic and tomorrow’s threats, the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) is an all-inclusive response to opiate and heroin addiction that includes prevention, law enforcement strategies, overdose prevention, expansion of evidence-based treatment and support for those in, or seeking, recovery. CARA was first introduced in the 113th Congress by Senators Whitehouse and Portman and Representatives Sensenbrenner and Scott. This bi-partisan legislation is a comprehensive and commonsense solution to the opiate and heroin addiction epidemic that faces our country. Both the Senate and House bills have been reintroduced this year in the 114th Congress and are building momentum with additional co-sponsors. But we need your help to ensure that the legislation receives the attention and support that it deserves. Join us today, Wednesday, April 29, 2015 for a phone campaign to contact key Senators and Representatives on the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, the House Energy and Commerce, Health Subcommittee and the House Education and Workforce Committee to help co-sponsor the CARA Act (S. 524 in the Senate and H.R. 953 in the House). Here’s how you can get involved:
1) Locate the number of your state Senator and House Representatives here.
2) Please feel free to use either of these suggested phone scripts: “CARA provides important tools to law enforcement in the fight against heroin and opiate addiction. It would provide opportunities for programs other than incarceration for individuals convicted of drug use, provide training for and increase availability of naloxone, a life-saving overdose combatting drug, and would expand the federal drug take-back program. These are crucial steps to controlling this epidemic and would benefit every state in the nation, including [STATE]. Please have Senator/Representative XXXX co-sponsor this important legislation.” “CARA provides important tools for treatment and recovery in the fight against heroin and opiate addiction. It would provide funds for an evidence-based opioid and heroin treatment and intervention demonstration, authorize the creation of a national youth recovery initiative, and provide funds to non-profits in order to create communities of recovery. These are crucial steps to controlling this epidemic and would benefit every state in the nation, including [STATE]. Please have Senator/Representative XXXX co-sponsor this important legislation.” Together, let’s get CARA passed and help improve the lives of the millions of people affected by addiction! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Greetings,
Please see the revised PRCC May Calendar of Events. We will be closed on Monday, May 25, 2015. I have also attached flyers of special ProAct events.
Thank you,
Sean E. Brinda, MSW, CCDP Diplomate
Senior Peer Services Coordinator
PRO-ACT/Philadelphia Recovery Community Center
1701 W. Lehigh Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19132
Register for Recovery Walks! 2014 at www.recoverywalks.org
Phone: (215) 223-7700 ext. 105
Cell: (215) 828-6168
Fax: (215) 223-7707
1 (800) 221-6333 Twenty-four Hour Information Line
Email: sbrinda@councilsepa.org
PRO-ACT… Ambassadors for Recovery!
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Preview attachment PRCC May 2015 Calendar Revised.pdf
Preview attachment PRO-ACT May 2015 Calendar .pdf
Preview attachment YPR Flyer.pdf
Preview attachment My Brotherly Initiative Letter Final.pdf
Preview attachment Holistic Recovery Acupuncture Flyerupdated.pdf
Preview attachment Draft-May-1-2015-Partner-Save-The Dates-Flyer-First-Friday-Series-Mtg-on Housing-.docx
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