For Immediate ReleaseFebruary 12, 2019Contact: Josh McElveenjosh@mcelveenstrategies.com 603.540.7031
When words are used inappropriately to describe individuals with a substance use disorder, it not only negatively impacts the cultural perception of their disease, but creates...
For Immediate ReleaseFebruary 5, 2019Contact: Doug Griffindgriffin@addictionpolicy.org603.944.1377
For Immediate Release
January 30, 2019
Addiction Policy Forum announces the formation of Scientific Advisory Board
Renowned scientists join Addiction Policy Forum’s fight...
For Immediate Release
January 23, 2019
Addiction Policy Forum Massachusetts State Chapter Holds Candlelight Vigil to Honor Those Lost to Drug Overdose
Local families honor the...
Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is a knowledge-sharing company that connects practitioners in rural and underserved areas to specialist mentors....
Today, President Trump signed the historic Opioid Package (H.R. 6) into law!
Recovery Reinvented works by normalizing the conversation around addiction. The program encourages people to discuss their experience with substance use disorder to...
Substance use disorders impact every community in the United States. Every day, nearly 200 Americans die from a drug overdose. Our first responders, law enforcement and...
Like other chronic diseases, there are treatments that have been proven to be effective for substance use disorder. Different treatments will work for different people, and...
Physician Health Programs are established in 47 states and the District of Columbia to intervene early to support treatment and recovery when there are concerns about a...
The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved all 12 fiscal year 2019 appropriation bills, which, if signed into law, would authorize over $7.4 billion in funding for the 31...
I was at a cookout recently when someone asked about what I do for work, and I happily spoke about Addiction Policy Forum, and the Brimley Group. They asked how I came to set...
Three years ago we launched the Addiction Policy Forum with a vision to create a world where fewer lives are lost and help exists for the millions of Americans affected by...
I love superheroes. Captain America. Superman. Wonder Woman. The bravery and strength--not the costumes--call to me. They always have.
It is easy to get lost in the dizzying data of our nation’s overdose epidemic: 63,600 drug overdose deaths in 2016, a number larger than the entire population of Terre Haute,...
Last week, hundreds of families impacted by addiction participated in the third annual APF Family Day and the Addiction Policy Forum Awards Dinner.
The opioid epidemic has resulted in rapidly escalating utilization of health system inpatient and emergency medicine services. Between 2005 and 2014, the national rate of...
Taken together, the programs and partnerships announced today by the Addiction Policy Forum represent the most comprehensive, direct approach to the opioid crisis in America to...
During a press conference on Thursday, August 10, President Trump declared the opioid crisis a national emergency. Following up on the announcement from the President, the White...
On Friday, June 16th, Addiction Policy Forum President and CEO Jessica Nickel has been invited to testify before the Christie Commission in Room 350 of the White House...
The Moms and Babies Program at the Decatur Correctional Center in Illinois is a prison nursery and community reentry program that allows incarcerated mothers to keep...
The Addiction Policy Forum brought families from across the nation to Washington, DC to discuss how addiction impacts families and why we need to address addiction in a...
On Thursday, April 25th, Addiction Policy Forum president Jessica Nickel was the keynote speaker at the One Book, One Community program in Circleville, Ohio. Below is an...
At the CARA Reception on March 1, 2017, the Addiction Policy Forum recognized the following individuals for their hard work on the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act...
Michelle Harter, AnchorED Rhode Island
CARA Family Day, named after the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA), is an annual event that brings together families directly affected by addiction from all...
On February 28, 2017, the Addiction Policy Forum hosted the CARA Implementation Conference, Promoting a Comprehensive Response to the Opioid Epidemic: Funding, Effective Design...
Nearly 200 organizations that work on addiction-related issues have sent a letter to President Donald J. Trump in support of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and...
Today, the Addiction Policy Forum is honored to announce that it has added General Barry McCaffrey and former Congressman Frank Guinta to its Board of Advisors.
Family members who have lost a loved one to the opioid epidemic comment on what the passage of CARA means to them:“CARA passing the Senate and funding being appropriated by the...
We did it! The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA), the first major piece of addiction legislation to pass Congress in almost 40 years, is on its way to the...
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), there were 47,055 total deaths in 2014, or 129 drug overdose deaths per day. This number is up 28 percent in just 6 years --...
The Addiction Policy Forum collaborated with families from across the nation to discuss how addiction impacts families, and why we need to address addiction in a comprehensive...
On Wednesday, May 18th family members impacted by addiction gave testimony in front of members of the Bipartisan Task Force to Combat the Heroin Epidemic, led by Task Force...
Republican Presidential Candidate and Texas Senator Ted Cruz participated in the Addiction Policy Forum’s New Hampshire Roundtable on Addiction and the Heroin Epidemic at Emmanuel...
Governor Peter Shumlin (on behalf of Secretary Hillary Clinton) at the NH Roundtable: Ending America's "Quiet Epidemic" Through a Five-Point Plan
Carly Fiorina at the Addiction Forum: Addiction Robs People of Their Potential
HOOKSETT, N.H. — Sen. Ted Cruz, his voice quiet, stood behind a podium and talked about the death of his sister, who struggled with addiction.
In 2014, over 300 people in New Hampshire died from drug overdose, many due to the spike in heroin use throughout the state. As the 2016 election approaches, now is an...
HOOKSETT, New Hampshire – Sen. Ted Cruz got unusually personal on the campaign trail Thursday, talking about his sister Miriam’s battle and eventual death from drug addiction...
On January 5, 2016, the Addiction Policy Forum hosted the “New Hampshire Forum on Addiction and the Heroin Epidemic” at Southern New Hampshire University in Hooksett, NH. The...
The recent presidential candidate forum on addiction in New Hampshire can help change the way we talk about addiction, long after the election. At the forum Governors Chris...
Governor Jeb Bush began his remarks at the Addiction Policy Forum’s New Hampshire event by relaying to the audience his personal experience with addiction. He described the...
HOOKSETT, N.H. — Jeb Bush’s elder son, George P. Bush, is the land commissioner of Texas and is nicknamed “47” — a look ahead to when, many joke, he will become the 47th...
In the midst of a drug epidemic sweeping the state, several GOP candidates shared their own families’ devastating stories of addiction on Tuesday, joining state leaders at the...
On January 2016, The Addiction Policy Forum held the “New Hampshire Forum on Addiction and the Heroin Epidemic” to provide New Hampshire policymakers and major presidential...
On July 29, 2015, a group of panelists gathered to discuss advancing treatment, prevention, and recovery for Veterans and Service members struggling with substance abuse. The...
The Addiction Policy Forum’s event on “Women and Addiction” brought together experts, advocates, and lawmakers for a conversation on the unique challenges and concerns facing...
The Addiction Policy Forum’s first addiction forum convened in April 2014 to discuss addiction in the United States and how those with substance use disorders interface with...
