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Addiction and Art is a non-profit organization developed to raise money to support the use of addiction and recovery related artworks to confront one of our world's leading health problems - substance abuse.

 

Funds will be utilized:

• to supply addiction and recovery related artwork to substance abuse treatment centers, schools, community organizations, addiction science professionals, medical professionals, and the general public (worldwide).
• to encourage and support local communities to host their own Addiction and Art exhibition (worldwide).
• to promote and document all community based Addiction and Art efforts (worldwide).
• to support www.addictionandart.org, the web site essential to all of the above.

 

Addiction Facts

Substance abuse and addiction in the US:

• account for 1 in 5 deaths annually - 500,000 persons
• are major contributors to heart disease, cancer and stroke
• cost over one-half trillion US dollars annually with:
  • tobacco dependence - $170 billion dollars
  • alcohol abuse and alcoholism - $180 billion dollars
  • illegal drug abuse - $185 billion dollars
  • untold and perhaps uncountable human costs.

Why Art?

• Addiction art teaches.
• Addiction art can change the way individuals understand substance abuse and addiction from being seen as a "moral failing" or unlawful act to being accepted as a chronic medical illness requiring treatment.
• Addiction art stimulates dialogue.
• Addiction art can play a practical educational role in health communications designed to prevent and control substance abuse.

 

Support Addiction and Art:

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Donate by Mail:

Checks payable to: The Community Foundation of Carroll County, Inc.

Mail to:

• The Addiction and Art Fund
• Community Foundation of Carroll County
• 255 Clifton Boulevard
• Suite 313
• Westminster, MD 21157
• USA