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by Joseph Califano, Jr.
Joseph Califano, Jr. describes his new book, High Society: How Substance Abuse Ravages America and What to Do About It, as a "call to arms". Califano, Chairman and President of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University, presents in devastating detail the many ways in which substance abuse infects all aspects of American society. Many of the statistics he weaves into his argument are familiar. In their entirety, however, they paint the portrait of a nation drenched in alcohol and substance abuse.
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From the man who in 1978 mounted the nation's first anti-smoking campaign and declared smoking
"Public Health Enemy Number One" comes a call for a fundamental change in our attitude about
drug and alcohol abuse and addiction and a revolution in the way we deal with it.
In HIGH SOCIETY, Joseph A. Califano, Jr. shows how substance abuse has touched every family and
circle of friends in America and causes and aggravates the nation's most wrenching social
problems – violent and property crimes, soaring health care costs, family breakup, domestic
violence and child abuse, the spread of AIDS, teen pregnancy, poverty, and low productivity.
Americans comprise only four percent of the world's population but consume two-thirds of the
world's illegal durgs.
Nearly a quarter of the nation's college students meet the clinical criteria for alcohol and
drug abuse and addiction.
Every American child will be offered illegal drugs before graduating from high school, most on
several occasions. The facts are:
61 million Americans are hooked on cigarettes;
Califano calls for a cultural change potent enough to prompt a revolution in the nation's
criminal justice, medical, educational and social service systems and foreign policy priorities,
and to awaken the power of parenting to raise drug free children and teens.
This book is an inspiration for our nation to end the denial, stamp out the stigma associated
with alcoholism and addiction, and commit the energy and resources to confront a plague that has
maimed and killed more Americans than all our wars, natural catastrophes and traffic accidents
combined.
The Just Wait Foundation is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit corporation to prevent drug, alcohol, and tobacco problems among teenagers. The Foundation provides one-year scholarships (two semesters) at a Community College or $1000 award to teens that completes the Just Wait Teen™ Positive Youth Development Program, obtains a GED, or graduates from high school - alcohol, tobacco, and drug free.
We offer free leadership training for any person or group that wants to start this program in their community. Visit this web site for upcoming dates. http://meaningfuljoy.info/workshop
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