Hope for RecoveryWebinar with A&E Network and The Partnership at Drugfree.org

• Every day, more than 2,000 kids use a prescription medicine to get high for the first time.
• Rx medicines are now the most commonly abused drugs among 12 to 13 year olds.
• Unintentional drug poisoning is now the leading cause of accidental death in US — 70 deaths/day — surpassing car crashes.

As part of The Medicine Abuse Project launch in September, 2012, The Partnership at Drugfree.org and A&E teamed to host a national online educational initiative and call-to-action to help prevent medicine abuse through a live webinar.

To learn more about the problem of medicine abuse, the importance of intervention, and the hope for recovery, please view the webinar above.

Panel of Experts
– R. Gil Kerlikowske, Director, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy
– Bertha K. Madras, Ph.D, Professor of Psychobiology, Chair of the Division of Neurochemistry and Associate Director for Public Education in the Division on Addictions, Harvard Medical School
– Sofia from Phoenix House (Young Adult)
– Jeff VanVonderen, Interventionist from the A&E series Intervention.