“It’s time to get the ‘high’ out of higher education.”
Oct. 23, 2008
New York City
DID YOU KNOW?
Keynote Speakers: Nora D. Volkow, MD, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)/National Institutes of Health (NIH)
and
Terry Cline, PhD, Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Panel Moderator
Register online or by mail/fax.
Missed a CASACONFERENCEsm?
Earlier CASACONFERENCESsm like Sobering Up the High Society: Substance Abuse and Public Policy (February 2008), Double Jeopardy: Substance Abuse and Co-Occurring Mental Health Disorders in Young People (October 2007) or Compound Fractures: Substance Abuse and Trauma (March 2007) are now available on DVD!
CASA in the News
4/27/2008
The Oregonian
Drugs at Reed
4/17/2008
Forbes.com
Keeping The Internet Drug-Free
4/4/2008
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Company aims to stop prescription fraud
3/31/2008
The New York Sun
Fighting Substance Abuse, One Community at a Time
3/26/2008
The New York Sun
Anti-Drug Advocates Fault Paterson on Cocaine Admission
3/25/2008
The Hartford Courant
Colleges Ponder Anti-Drinking Efforts
3/24/2008
WFSB Eyewitness News
Schools Awarded for Fighting Drinking
3/17/2008
Desert Morning News
Califano says U.S. is a "high society"
3/16/2008
The Prescription Addiction Radio Show
Interview with Joseph A. Califano, Jr. (note: Interview begins at 18:00 mark)
3/13/2008
CNN - American Morning
Drug abuse via Internet
3/13/2008
Palm Beach Daily News
Joseph Califano lectures on substance abuse
3/6/2008
The Patriot Ledger
CASASTART program funded for another year
CALLING ALL PARENTS…CASA WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU!
We are writing a new book, Parent Power – a guide to raising your children drug free. We want it to be the best, most readable, practical, and savvy guide to help parents deal with real world situations they face in raising teenage sons and daughters free of drug and alcohol abuse.
We have been working on this book, tapping into a decade and a half of research, surveys, reports and demonstration programs. And you know what we’ve discovered? We can’t do this without you parents.
We need your help. To be sure we get it right and address the questions you want answered, we need to hear from parents all across America, rich and poor, urban and rural, white, black, Hispanic and Asian, twenty-somethings to fifty-somethings!
We need to learn about your experience in talking – and listening – to your children about alcohol, marijuana, pills, tobacco and other drugs. Help us make this book the best guide ever put together to help parents!
SPOTLIGHT ON CASA SENIOR STAFF CASA has the brightest group of professionals ever assembled under one roof to confront the problem of all substance abuse and addiction. The hard work, creativity and commitment of our talented team of professionals are responsible for the extraordinary growth and influence of CASA.
Watch CASA Chairman Joseph A. Califano, Jr. discuss the availability of prescription drugs, marijuana and a host of other dangers to our nation's youth with James Zirin on WNYE's The Digital Age.
Meet Susan E. Foster, MSW, CASA’s Vice President and Director of Policy Research and Analysis. Ms. Foster is responsible for research and policy analysis on the impact of substance abuse on America’s systems and populations. Projects under her direction include studies of the nation's treatment system; how substance abuse affects state and local budgets, the justice system, schools and colleges, women, young people and the family; the role of religion and spirituality in prevention and treatment; the relation of substance abuse to sexual conduct, eating disorders, gambling, and violence. Prior to coming to CASA she was co-owner of a public policy consulting firm, providing advice and consultation to state and local governments, private agencies and foundations. During the Carter administration, Ms. Foster was Special Assistant to the Secretary and Deputy Under Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs, US Department of Health, Education and Welfare. She has authored publications on a broad range of public policy issues. Ms. Foster has an MSW in social policy from Rutgers University.
Click here for a full list of CASA Officers and Senior Staff members.
HIGH SOCIETY:
How Substance Abuse
Ravages America and What to Do About It
By Joseph A. Califano, Jr.
Published by PublicAffairs Press
Califano Calls for Fundamental Shift in Attitudes and Policies About Substance Abuse and Addiction
ILLEGAL DRUG USE UP FROM 1992 LOWS
AMERICANS, 4 PERCENT OF WORLD POPULATION, CONSUME TWO-THIRDS OF WORLD'S ILLEGAL DRUGS
HIGH SOCIETY recommended reading by CNN's Lou Dobbs, Join Together, The O'Reilly Factor and CBS' The Early Show!
Catch Califano's appearances on PBS' The Tavis Smiley Show, The Charlie Rose Show and the Recovery Talk Network's Tuesday, July 10 radio broadcast.
Editorial Reviews
Former First Lady Nancy Reagan
"Califano's book is a call to action and a road map to stem the ravages of substance abuse in America."
Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-NY), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee
Liz Smith, Columnist, NY Post
The O'Reilly Factor
a "great source of information."
New York Review of Books
"Passionate"
James Zirin,
"Bristling with impressive statistics, Califano marshals the evidence persuasively...his sobering and thought provoking book is a call to arms.
New York Non-Profit Press
"HIGH SOCIETY: A wake-up call of America...and treatment providers."
Publishers Weekly
America magazine
“There is much more in this encyclopedic lawyer’s briefs than alcohol and smoking. …(He) powerfully calls attention to the fact that to pay for the messes in personal lives and families and society caused by substance abuse.”
Order an autographed copy of HIGH SOCIETY!