This is the ninth largest voluntary health organization in the United States and the country's major public advocate for the prevention and treatment of alcohol and other drug problems. Working through hundreds of local affiliate councils, state...

One of the most important developments of the twentieth century has been the enormous rise in worldwide population in general, and especially the survival of an estimatedsix hundredmillion people agedsixty or older (Ikels, 1991). The increase in the...

The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD) was founded in 1944 by the first female member of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), Marty Mann (1905-1980), and has a nationwide network of 95 affiliates. The organization is set up to fight "the...

Michigan Chronicle 02-21-2006 On Nov. 19, 2005, NCADD hosted its 8th annual Dignity Awards Fundraising Benefit at the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center in downtown Detroit. The event honored individuals who exemplify recovery with dignity through significant contributions to the substance use...

WASHINGTON--Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence want the FCC to adopt a '90s version of the fairness doctrine: counter-advertisements to broadcast alcoholic beverage ads. "[Y]oung people need information that will help them evaluate the...