Tools for Treating Teens: the Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse Research

February 23, 2015

Maureen Fitzgerald
Communications Coordinator, ATTC Network
Editor, NIATx
This year, the Center for Substance Abuse Research (CASAR) at the University of Minnesota Medical School celebrates 25 years of developing research-based tools and resources for adolescent drug abuse assessment and treatment.  Dr Ken C. Winters, director of CASAR, shares some insights on adolescent treatment in the interview that follows.

A Hidden Epidemic: Older Adults and Substance Abuse

February 10, 2015

Maureen Fitzgerald
Communications Coordinator, ATTC Network
Editor, NIATx
North Carolina filmmaker Linda Warden left a career in information technology to make movies, focusing on topics that help children and families. Having lost a child to addiction, she is especially interested in increasing awareness of substance use disorders and their impact on families and communities.

 “Addiction affects people of all ages,” she comments. “To my knowledge, nothing has really been done on older adults and addiction in the mass media.”
That explains, in part, her interest in producing a documentary on older adults and substance use disorder, A Hidden Epidemic. “Although addiction is a part of this program, the focus is on prevention and recovery,” says Ms. Warden.

Lost in the weeds about marijuana?

February 4, 2015

Maureen Fitzgerald
Communications Coordinator, ATTC Network Coordinating Office

Editor, NIATx

If you've been to the ATTC website in the past few days, we hope you've stopped by the webpage for our new resource,  Marijuana Lit: Fact Based Information to Assist You in Providing SUD Services. 

As you'll notice, we've made it easy to find!