This is the third installment in a seven-part series of Webcasts that will discuss and illuminate key issues related to the 2001 Recovery Month observance. Our host will be Susan Rook, former CNN Anchor and Media Relations Director for Step One Treatment Center. Panelists include: Janice Ford Griffin, Join Together; Constance Horgan, Sc.D., Brandeis University; James Callahan, DPA, Exec. VP/CEO, ASAM, Elena Carr, U.S. DoL, Working Partners for an Alcohol- and Drug-Free Workplace; and Phillip Brewer, Yale Emergency Medicine.

It is no secret that substance abuse in the U.S. has reached epidemic proportions, so much so that it is often called our nation's number one public health problem. Estimates show that the costs associated with untreated addiction problems are substantial: $34.4 billion in unnecessary healthcare costs, $ 45.1 billion in new prisons and accidents, and $196.8 billion in lost earnings each year. This program will look at the costs to individuals and society and demonstrate how addiction treatment can dramatically reduce such problems.

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