Recovery Month 2010 - Road to Recovery Television Series

Premiering Today: The July Road to Recovery Program: Recovery and the Media: Addiction and Treatment in Entertainment and News

Join host, Ivette Torres, for a program that explores how popular media influences public attitudes and opinions concerning addiction, treatment, and recovery issues. Addiction is depicted throughout the entertainment industry, in both news and magazine articles about celebrities' drug and/or alcohol use and addiction and their time in rehab facilities. It also is depicted in treatment and recovery storylines in movies and television shows. This episode will examine how addiction, treatment, and recovery have been portrayed historically and where we are today. This show will look at the importance of the media's portrayal of factual information and accurate depictions of addiction, treatment, and recovery issues. The show also discusses the negative effects of publishing/airing stories and shows that glamorize use, promote inaccurate and discriminatory public attitudes, and discourage individuals to seek help.

Panelists include: Mark Weber, Director of Communications, SAMHSA, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Ron Tannebaum, President, In the Rooms; W. Douglas Evans, Ph.D., Professor and Director, Public Health Communications and Marketing Program, George Washington University; Sandra de Castro Buffington, Director, Hollywood, Health, & Society, University of Southern California Annenberg Norman Lear Center.

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Recovery Month 2010 - <strong><em>Road to Recovery</em></strong> Television Series