The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence fights the stigma and the disease of alcoholism and other drug addictions.

NCADD Advocacy

NCADD Public Policy Office
publicpolicy@ncadd.org

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In 1970, the passage of the Hughes Act, which established the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, provided the inspiration for the NCADD board to open an office in Washington, DC.  The internet and email have enabled NCADD to reach more constituents than ever before. These constituents include people in recovery, people affected by a loved one's alcoholism, counselors, doctors and other people working in the addiction field, all who have joined NCADD's fight against the stigma and the disease of alcoholism and other drug addictions. These people are you.

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Federal Legislation	Building Blocks Advocacy Series	The Advocate Newsletter	Take Action	NCADD Policy Statements	Archived Materials

Current Federal Legislation and Policy

• Issue Briefs and Action Alerts
  Learn about policy issues and legislation at the national level in Issue Briefs. Action Alerts advise how to contact your members in Congress and other policymakers, and provide you with talking points and statistics to bring the message home.
  
  
• Federal Legislative Chart
  Keep track of selected alcohol- and other drug-related legislation before the US Congress.
  
  
• Policy Statements:
  Recommendations that reflect the expertise and experience of the organization.
  
  
  • Alcohol and Other Drug Testing
    
  • Charitable Choice
    
  • Drinking and Driving
    
  • Moderate Drinking
    
  • Prevention
    
  • Women, Alcohol, Other Drugs and Pregnancy

What You Can Do

• Advocate with Anonymity
  This brochure encourages people in recovery to speak out and share their experiences with policy makers, civic groups and other community leaders without violating anonymity traditions of 12-step groups.
  
  
• Read The Advocate
  This new quarterly publication breaks down what advocacy is, and how and why you should advocate. It is available exclusively online.
  
  
• Maximize Your Effectiveness
  Learn how to effectively advocate with NCADD's new Building Blocks of Advocacy Series.
  
  
• Fight for Fairness
  Tools to help you and your community advocate for substance abuse treatment parity, which would require insurance providers to offer the same coverage for addiction treatment as offered for other disease treatments.
  
  
• Become an NCADD Grassroots Advocate
  Sign up to receive free email notification of important policy and media issues. You can discontinue this free service at any time.
  
  
• Find and contact your members of the US Senate
  
• Find and contact your member of the US House of Representatives

Archived Materials

• Archived Action Alerts
  View NCADD Alerts about legislation from previous sessions of Congress. Provides some historical perspective on select legislation and NCADD's positions. (104th, 105th and 106th Sessions of Congress)
  
  
• Archived Legislative Charts
  Charts from the 104th, 105th, 106th and 107th Sessions of Congress (1996 to 2002) that highlight select alcohol- and other-drug related legislation. Provides end-of-session status on bills that were introduced.

National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc.

244 East 58th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10022 phone: 212/269-7797   fax: 212/269-7510 email: national@ncadd.org   http://www.ncadd.org HOPE LINE: 800/NCA-CALL (24-hour Affiliate referral)