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In 2011 President Obama issued October as National Substance Abuse Prevention Month. It pays tribute to all people working hard to prevent use in communities and working hard to make a safer drug-free country.
SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, also known as Substance Use–Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act, (H.R. 6, Pub. L. 115–271 (text)) is a United States federal law, enacted during the 115th United States Congress, to make medical treatment for opioid addiction more widely available while also cracking down on illicit drugs.
June: National Oceans Month; June: African-American Music Appreciation Month; July: National Ice Cream Month [45] September: National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month; September: National Sickle Cell Awareness Month [46] September: National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month; September: National Ovarian and Prostate Cancer Awareness ...
First use Author Meanings Pink ribbon: October 1992 [1] Alexandra Penney for Self and Evelyn Lauder [2] Breast cancer awareness [2] Red ribbon? Heart disease [3] [4] 1985 Duncan Hunter and Henry Lozano's Camanera Clubs: Substance-abuse awareness [4] including tobacco, alcohol and drugs (Red Ribbon Week is commonly held in American schools.) [5 ...
Suicide Prevention Month [37] Amerindian Heritage Month (Guyana) Gospel Music Heritage Month [38] National African Immigrant Heritage Month [39] National Bourbon Heritage Month; National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month [citation needed] National Guide Dog Month (US) National Hispanic Heritage Month (United States) (US; September 15 to October ...
The DEA Red Ribbon Week Patch Program was an effort by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration designed to provide members of the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts the opportunity to earn a special patch by promoting and engaging in related anti-drug activities celebrated during Red Ribbon Week. The program was a promotional effort only ...
A poster circa 2000 concerning cannabis in the United States.. The National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign is a current US government health education campaign by the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) within the Executive Office of the President of the United States with the goal to "influence the attitudes of the public and the news media with respect to drug abuse" and of ...
The UN's 2007 World Drug Report [2] puts the value of the illegal drug trade at US$322 billion a year. [3] Campaigns, rallies, poster designing and many other programs are conducted. People of different countries celebrate the day together. As drug use increases [citation needed], the day becomes more important. ‘Health for Justice.