“It’s time to get the ‘high’ out of higher education.”
Oct. 23, 2008
New York City
Accepting as inevitable America’s college culture of alcohol and other drug abuse threatens not only the present well-being of millions of college students, but also the future capacity of our nation to maintain its leadership in the fiercely competitive global economy. By bringing the nation’s college presidents, trustees, alumni, students and the larger community together with leading journalists for dynamic panel discussions, this important and timely conference will create a dialogue that will offer solutions for how America can stop wasting its best and brightest young people.
Join us and be part of the solution!
Keynote Speaker: Nora D. Volkow, MD, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)/National Institutes of Health (NIH)
This CASACONFERENCESM is supported by the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)/
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
and The American Legacy Foundation
with additional support from Alpha Chi Omega.
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
7/9/2008
ABC News Now Healthy Life
Online Prescription Drug Abuse
7/9/2008
WebMD
Narcotics Sold Online, No Rx Needed
7/9/2008
CBS Evening News with Katie Couric
Prescription for Drug Danger Online
7/9/2008
Associated Press
Study finds addictive drugs easily ordered online
7/9/2008
Reuters
Prescription drugs easily purchased online - study
7/9/2008
The New York Times
Abuses are Found in Online Sales of Medication
7/9/2008
ABCNews.com
Internet is 'Pharmaceutical Candy Store'
7/9/2008
ABCNews.com
Virtual Pushers Target Real Pharmacies
7/9/2008
New York Daily News
Drugs for sale - no prescription required
7/9/2008
CNET News
Study: Prescription-free drug sites still abound
6/18/2008
The New York Post
Alert Level 'High' - Pot-ent New Marijuana
6/18/2008
CNN
Pot more potent than ever
6/14/2008
The New York Times
Why is Mom in Rehab?
6/5/2008
The New York Times
Opposition to Menthol Cigarettes Grows
6/5/2008
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Menthol loop-hole would hurt African-Americans
6/5/2008
Bloomberg.com
Menthol Cigarette Ban Urged by Former U.S. Health Officials
5/9/2008
Christian Science Monitor
Behind College Raid, Rising Drug Use on Campus
4/27/2008
The Oregonian
Drugs at Reed
4/18/2008
Psychiatric News
Drug Abuse Treatment Often Addressed as Afterthought
4/17/2008
Forbes.com
Keeping The Internet Drug-Free
4/4/2008
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Company aims to stop prescription fraud
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NEW CASA REPORT FINDS MOST WEB SITES SELLING PRESCRIPTION OPIOIDS, STIMULANTS AND DEPRESSANTS REQUIRE NO PRESCRIPTION
SOME SITES NOW SELL PRESCRIPTIONS AND ONLINE “MEDICAL CONSULTATIONS” TO GET CONTROLLED DRUGS
New York, NY - Despite a decline in the number of Web sites advertising or selling controlled prescription drugs, like OxyContin and Valium, Xanax and Vicodin, and Ritalin and Adderall, in the past year, 85 percent of Web sites selling such drugs do not require a prescription, according to “You’ve Got Drugs!” V: Prescription Drug Pushers on the Internet, the fifth annual White Paper on this subject released by The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University.
Press Release
Chairman's Statement
Statement of Sen. Feinstein on New Report Detailing the Prevalence of Rogue Pharmacies on the Internet
CALIFANO URGES NCAA TO BAN ALL BEER AND ALCOHOL ADS AT BROADCAST EVENTS
NEW YORK, NY – In a letter dated July 1, 2008, Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Chairman and President of The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University, urged the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to eliminate all beer and alcohol advertising at NCAA broadcast events.
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!
We have just added five NEW questions to the Parent Power forum to learn more about the specific prevention tools and tactics you use to help your children make the right choices about alcohol, marijuana, pills and other drugs.
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.
Meet Susan E. Foster, MSW is 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.
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.
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, out of every tax dollar spent in this domain we give 96 cents for more police, judges, emergency rooms, social workers and, especially jails, instead of vastly increasing the amount (4 cents) we give for prevention and treatment.”
Order an autographed copy of HIGH SOCIETY!