National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependency
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The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence is a national, nonprofit organization
that actively opposes alcoholism and drug addiction.
The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Network
The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD), founded in 1944, is a
national, nonprofit organization that opposes and combats alcoholism, other drug addictions, and similar
problems.
NCADD's primary programs include education and prevention, public policy advocacy, public
information, and the authorship of publications.
NCADD has a vast network of more than 100 State and local nonprofit affiliates that undertake
activities that are similar to those of the parent
organization.
These affiliates provide information and
referral services to the local people and families who ask for help regarding an alcohol or another
drug-related problem.
NCADD sponsors the National Alcohol Awareness Month in April and Alcohol and Other
Drug-Related Birth Defects Week in May of each year.
NCADD operates a toll-free number, (800) 622-2255, for information about alcohol and
drug-related issues and questions and also with information about the name and phone number of the NCADD
affiliate in your local area.
Each year in the United States, roughly 5,000 young people under the age of 21 die
as a result of underage drinking. This includes about 1,900 deaths from
motor vehicle accidents. |
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependency:
Conclusion
The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence opposes alcoholism and drug
addiction mainly by providing people with education and prevention, public information, public policy advocacy, and
by the authorship of publications.

| To make the argument for alcohol abstention and pregnancy even stronger, according
to recent studies, women who continue to drink even small amounts of alcohol while trying to become
pregnant, may reduce their chances of conceiving. |
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