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Exclusive Interview with Robert J. Lindsey on TestCountry

Lindsey NCADD President and CEO Robert Lindsey revealed in an exclusive interview with TestCountry that the EAP began through working with unions in order to combat alcoholism.

Initially, it was called the Occupational Alcoholism Program, focusing primarily with problems related to alcohol addiction, until it later started to incorporate drug awareness. Over the years, the concept has saved not only thousands of lives, but also rescued companies and corporations from spending millions of dollars.

NCADD has firmly hold its ground in the belief that there is no more effective tool for an employer than helping all their employees and their company's bottom line live a drug-free life.

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Exclusive Interview with Robert J. Lindsey on TestCountry

NCADD Joins Kennedy-Ramstad Award Presentation to Craig Stenning- Rhode Island

NCADD Presents Kennedy-Ramstad Award to Craig Stenning Craig Stenning, Director, Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals, was awarded the Ramstad-Kennedy Award for Outstanding Leadership by the National Recovery Month Planning Partners today at the national "Innovation in Treatment and Recovery Systems" conference in Baltimore, MD.

The award, presented by over 100 collaborating partner organizations, recognizes a Single State Agency (SSA) Director each year who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in support of recovery and Recovery Month and to acknowledge Congressmen Jim Ramstad (ret.) and Patrick Kennedy (ret.) for their commitment to recovery and recovery-oriented policies.

Image: NCADD President/CEO Robert J. Lindsey (left)Presents Kennedy-Ramstad Award to Craig Stenning- Rhode Island on Behalf of Recovery Month Planning Partners

Study Links Alcohol/Energy Drink Mixes With Casual, Risky Sex

A new study from the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) has found a link between the consumption of caffeinated energy drinks mixed with alcohol and casual -- often risky -- sex among college-age adults.

According to the study's findings, college students who consumed alcohol mixed with energy drinks (AmEDs) were more likely to report having a casual partner and/or being intoxicated during their most recent sexual encounter. The results seem to indicate that AmEDs may play a role in the "hook-up culture" that exists on many college campuses, says study author Kathleen E. Miller, senior research scientist at UB's RIA.

Campuses and Surrounding Communities Can Join Forces to Stop Alcohol Abuse

Not only is alcohol use pervasive among U.S. college students, who typically drink more than their same-aged, non-college peers, but college students also seem to lag behind their peers in 'maturing out' of harmful drinking patterns. There has been little examination of interventions that link community-level and campus-level environments. A unique study that assessed this two-pronged approach to reducing high-risk drinking in and around college campuses has found that it is highly effective in decreasing severe and interpersonal consequences of drinking.

Results will be published in the October 2012 issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research and are currently available at Early View.

More Colleges Adopt Smoking Bans

smoking1 A growing number of U.S. colleges are adopting smoking bans.

The Christian Science Monitor reports that many schools have adopted total bans, both indoors and out.

The Ohio Board of Regents recommended recently a total ban on tobacco products at the state's public colleges. In June, the University of Maryland announced all 12 of its institutions will become smoke free by July 2013. At schools in the City University of New York system, the use and advertising of tobacco will not be allowed beginning in September.

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