National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week 2019

Our nation’s teens are particularly vulnerable to falling prey to drug and alcohol addiction. At the center of this vulnerability is the fact that most teens don’t know the truth about drugs and alcohol. They tend to operate around myths that their peers pass around. How can we combat this problem and better educate our youth in the process? The answer to this question led to the founding of National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week. Drug treatment centers around the country agreed it was a great idea.

What is National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week?

In 2010, a group of scientists from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) set forth to figure out how they could use science to educate teens about drugs and alcohol. Their task was to come up with creative ways to dispel myths kids often find on TV, through music, in movies, or from social media. Initially, the NIDA group decided that “Facts Week” would focus on drug use and addiction. In 2016, NIDA partnered with The National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), and alcohol became part of the agenda.

National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week 2019

In this cycle, National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week will be held from Tuesday, January 22 through Sunday, January 27, 2019. Traditionally, the month of January has been home to this focus on teenage drug and alcohol abuse. After the success of National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week 2018, people are looking forward to next year’s events.

Throughout the country, NIDA will be working with high schools and community government agencies to create special events. The events, as one would expect, will focus on myth-busting for teens. They will also focus on teaching kids about addiction treatment resources like inpatient drug rehab centers in Illinois. In conjunction with these events, NIDA and the NIAAA will be sponsoring experts, who will be participating in major events. They will also be providing literature and “tool-kits” that presenters can use to pass on information to teenagers.

Gateway – First Class Addiction Treatment

From our nonprofit facilities in the US, we offer a wide range of addiction treatment programs. As part of our approach to treatment, we prefer to build our treatment programs around a 12 step addiction treatment program. We also use modern holistic and evidence-based treatment models. Here are some facts about our facility:

We accept most forms of healthcare insurance for payments

• Residential Treatment
• Withdrawal Management services
• Dual Diagnosis Treatment
• Teenage Rehabilitation Center
• Mindfulness-Based Sobriety

If you or your teen would like more information about National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week 2019, please call us at 877.505.4673. At Gateway facilities, we do more than treat patients for addiction. We also seek to teach the vulnerable about the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse.

Gateway Foundation

Gateway Foundation is a recognized leader in evidence-based addiction treatment proven to get results. Our experts in Addiction Medicine—including highly educated clinical and medical professionals and expert psychiatrists and nurses—deliver care that never stops. For over 50 years, Gateway Foundation has been helping individuals and their families recover from addictions and behavioral health issues and is the only provider that covers the entire state of Illinois with 16 facilities from the Wisconsin Border to the Kentucky Border. Gateway has specific programs focusing on substance use disorders, trauma, depression, anxiety, and other co-occurring issues. We’re licensed by the state of Illinois and accredited by the Joint Commission. We are in-network with all the major commercial insurance plans. Gateway Foundation: Addiction medicine, saving lives.