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Building community collaborations
to reduce the impact of substance abuse
through education, advocacy, and
training
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Latest Legislative Update

From the Office of National Drug Control Policy
Drug Policy for
the 21st Century
Neil Kaltenecker elected SE Regional Rep for Faces And
Voices Of Recovery
Exclusive Reporting:
Georgia Legislation
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the budget, contact your representative/senator, and
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Governor Signs Legislation to Restructure DHR
Save the Date

August 26-30, 2013
Savannah, GA
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September
is National Recovery Month. The Georgia Council on
Substance Abuse (GCSA), through a contract from the
Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental
Disabilities (DBHDD), is currently seeking applications
for “Together on Pathways to Wellness” mini-grants.
Grants of up to $2,500 each are available to support
events during National Recovery Month, September 2013.
Grants will be awarded to agencies, community
coalitions, or groups with recovery-oriented projects
and/or other activities that focus on celebrating or
promoting Recovery Month.
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With Supportive memberships and United Way
funding, we are
dedicated to
reducing the
impact of substance abuse through
prevention and
treatment.
Be part of the Solution: Whether you are a consumer,
family member, you work in the field, or are a concerned
citizen, your tax deductible contribution goes directly
toward reducing the impact of substance abuse in our
community.
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What We Do
The Georgia Council on Substance Abuse
offers training and education opportunities
for professionals and others who serve the
substance abuse prevention, treatment and
recovery fields.
We provide information and resources for
individuals, families and communities that
seeks to reduce the stigma of addiction and
that calls attention to the economic and
social costs of substance abuse.
Through our advocacy efforts we seek to
shape public policy that advances the field
of addiction prevention, treatment and
recovery.
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Neil Kaltenecker, Executive Director
of
The Georgia Council on Substance
Abuse,
speaks at the National Press
Club in Washington, D.C.
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In attendance were the Director of
the White House Office of National
Drug Control Policy, Gil Kerlikowske,
RADM Eric Broderick, Acting
Administrator, SAMHSA, Dr. H.
Westley Clark, Director, SAMHSA’s
Center for Substance Abuse
Treatment, and Bob DeBitetto,
President and General Manager A&E
Network.
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Neil also represented Georgia as the
Georgia Recovery Delegate at the
Recovery Rally in New York City.
The A&E network launched The
Recovery Project in 2008 to generate
awareness that addiction is a
treatable disease and recovery is
possible. More than 10,000 people
attended the second annual Recovery
Rally in NYC and walked across the
Brooklyn Bridge in support of
recovery.
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gallery of the Rally for Recovery. |
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Sponsors for 2013 Addiction Recovery Awareness Day

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