and faces and voices of recovery certainly gets engaged in... faces and voices of recovery are fantastic people. they're part of our community and they do only good for the world. i mean, it's an incredible organization. but it really does take that, does it not? it takes people getting engaged, getting involved, calling individuals letting them know that they're not quite comfortable the way that things have been portrayed because stigma, really, it's totally perpetuated in many instances through bad portrayals. yes. i mean, one of the things we know about good compelling storylines is that it triggers the behaviors of, for example, talking with family members and friends about what they've seen, calling for further information. you know, we've done studies to look at searches on the web and the timing of those searches. what we've found is people are multitasking. if there's a great storyline on television that's engrossing them, they will actually do a web search between the 9 and 10 p.m. hour when that show is on the air. they're not waiting

william lossiah-bratt, board of directors, southeastern regional representative, faces and voices of recovery, cherokee, north carolina. dr. clark, why should we be concerned about ethnic and racial differences within the addiction and recovery field, as well as other differences? well, one of the things that we want to make sure is that people who have substance use problems are able to recover and that materials that we use can assist them in that process. and so, you know, there are differences associated with cultural values and beliefs, starting from how one physiologically responds to a particular substance misuse to how certain substances are used in a cultural context. so if we're going to facilitate recovery, we need to understand the language, the beliefs, the social context associated with those substances. and that will help us facilitate that person's recovery by showing that we understand the life experiences that they have associated with their use of substances. and i gather that includes prevalence as well. well, yes, but from a clinical point of view, i mean people look at t

ondcp and i and lots of people at ondc are very, very proud to be working with the faces and voices of recovery, which is one of the organizations, and with samhsa on-on doing everything we possibly can to support this. alexandre, how important is that to have support for recovery as you're looking to conduct further studies in that field? well, it's critical because so far there's been an enormous amount of federal investment which has contributed landmark findings and really lifesaving findings in many ways, scientifically speaking, in terms of the ideology of addiction, what is the cause, as tom said, it's a brain disease, it's a biological condition, and it's really started to contribute significantly to moving away from the stigma where people looked at addiction, alcoholism, drug dependence as a moral failing or the person was just bad and weak to something where the person has a condition, which is perhaps chronic, but it is a condition that can be managed. so we have a science of addiction which has saved many lives. what we don't have is the science of recovery right now. there's much

addiction technology transfer center; lisa mojer-torres, esquire, consumer advocate, faces & voices of recovery; mark parrino, founder and president, american association for the treatment of opiod dependence (aatod). dr. clark, let's talk a little bit about medication-assisted therapies and how they're used. well there are a number of medications that are used to help facilitate recovery from substance use disorders. the most popular and most prominent would be buprenorphine and methadone. but there are also medications used for the treatment of alcohol. examples of that would be naltrexone and the camprosate or disulfiram. what they're used to do is to either facilitate the recovery of persons through maintenance, as with methadone or buprenorphine, to facilitate detoxification. both methadone and buprenorphine can be used for that, as anti-craving agents, such as acamprosate and naltrexone, or to discourage use of a substance such as an aversive antabuse or disulfiram. and lisa, a lot of people might think that medication-assisted therapies is really substituting one drug for another, is tha

recovery from that place. and greg, just one more thing, in terms of finding recovery services, i know that you're familiar with faces and voices of recovery, but can families go online and find similar programs like the one you have in connecticut? it's not so easy right now. i mean, honestly, you know, recovery supports for young people is gravely understudied, underfunded, under supported across the board. so while there's a lot of hope out there and there's a lot of young people in recovery, they're not so easy to find. you know, the best supports out there are local, you know, mutual support groups that are focused to young people that are the easiest thing to access. so, you know, whether or not somebody wants to find a meeting in their local area, a lot of the 12-step groups will have, you know, a youth category, you know, that'll say that this meeting might be more focused to young people. monique, how do i get into if i'm in need of a recovery school? how do i approach the various schools? are they available to everyone all over the united states or is it only in certain pockets? unfortunately, there are recovery high

well faces and voices for recovery is the sort of national face and voice. that organization is a membership organization that's young but is trying to put a face and voice on recovery. and the organization's. one of the main organizing themes is diversity that all paths to recovery are welcomed and respected, and that we don't know what's going to work from one person to the next. so it's incumbent upon us to find out as much information as we can about ourselves, our own diseases and what options are available to us and to help each other through the process. more information can be learned about the different treatment modalities that are available, and recovery support services in particular. and i would urge everyone to get involved, even if from a family perspective or if you know somebody who's in addiction, who's having an active addiction treatment prevention or recovery at any of the stages. we definitely need help in perpetuating positive attitudes and proper information about this disease. i think it's also to break through a wall of secret-keepin

of recovery. it's changed my life, changed my children's lives. for information or for events near you, visit recoverymonth.gov get involved and join the voices for recovery. >> started in 1990. the citizens of the marina district came to the fire department and asked for a program to survive for 3 days. there is a 70 percent chance we will have a 6.5 earthquake. 71 large fires. 40 major rescue operations. [inaudible]. rescue operations there were 34 structure fires we need 275 engines to handle this. we have 41. you will be on your own and we should be prepared. we will go over the merge training program. part of the training program is helping you make the decisions that will save lives. in this situation this person carrying a pail of water to put out the fire will not put out the fire. how many people have used a fire extinguisher before. >> may be 10 percent of you. by the end of the week you will be putting out a fire with a fire extinguisher. you don't want to learn out to house an extinguisher when they big fire is in front of you. when you turn off your natural gas and water. hazardous materials will be talked about next week. 35-40 perce

of life. because recovery means that you are changing behaviors in all areas of your personal life. and i'm glad you mentioned recovery. faces and voices for recovery provides an individual an opportunity to join others and to figure out ways to support each other and to sustain recovery. and we haven't gotten to the fact that once we do get a person to go into recovery, that there is also a need for either a mutual support group or some other type of activities. within the context of ethnic and racial and other special populations, what is important to keep in mind in terms of a person that is in recovery in order for them to sustain their recovery? well, in order to sustain recovery, as we all know, a mutual support network is vital. and from a tribal standpoint, it's community support. because unfortunately, with faces and voices, what we are striving to do is continue to battle the stigma of discrimination that people with an addiction continue to face. well, in indian country, it's almost twofold. you have still the struggling addict that is criminalized and when they get into recovery, if they have a mutual support network and th

of recovery. it's changed my life, changed my children's lives. for information or for events near you, visit recoverymonth.gov get involved and join the voices for recovery. [music]

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voices on the economy. from berkeley, california, member of the president's economic recovery advisory board, laura tyson. from chattanooga, tennessee, republican senator bob corker of the banking committee. in new york, former new jersey governor, jon corzine and joining us in washington, chief economist, martin regalia. for the u.s. chamber of commerce. thank you all for joining me. you've heard the figures, you've read about the figures, you can almost feel the concern and worry amongst the american people. and i want to read you something that was written about this joblessness about the younger generation in the atlantic recently, look what was written about unemployment. there is unemployment, a brief and relatively routine transitional state, the results from the rise and fall of companies in any economy, and there is unemployment, chronic or consuming. the former is a necessary lubricant in any engine of economic growth. the latter is a pestilence that slowly eats away at people, families and if it spreads widely enough, the fabric of society. indeed, history suggests that this is perhaps society'

of staff admiral mike mullen. then the economy. if this is recovery summer, why does it still feel like recession? three key voices weigh in.ral chair allen greenspan, mike bloomberg and pennsylvania governor ed rendell. >>> plus, high unemployment and ethics scandals. our round table on the president's tough political challenges. all this morning on "meet the press." >>> thanks for making us a part of your morning. our next newscast is tonight at 5:00. "meet the press" with david gregory is next. have a great sunday.

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who was known for that husky voice, was an award-winning broadway actress before taking home the oscar in 1963's "hud." even more impressive was her recovery from a series of strokes at age 39. patricia neal died of lung cancer and she was 84. >>> now, this may shock you but being commander in chief can have its perks. president obama capped his birthday week playing hoops with a dream team of nba stars. the white house released just one picture of the president with a couple of players if his hometown chicago bulls. lebron james and legends magic johnson and bill russell also played. they all played for a group of wounded warriors. that's the news at 7:13. that's a good birthday day. >> do you think the president gave lebron james any grief for not going to the chicago bulls? >> after the game. >> i'm sure there was trash talking. >> by the way, you picked the wrong team. >> good to be president though, huh? >> there's some perks, aren't there? >> sure are. >>> time to go to sam champion for a look at this morning's monday morning weather. hey, sam. >> good morning, elizabeth. good morning, george. good morning, everyone. let's talk about the hot and stor