Reducing Addiction, Partnership Profiles

Rhode Island PBS, Roger Williams Medical Center, and the Providence Business News brought attention to the effects of addiction on the workplace, with emphasis on treatment and the stigma attached to the addictions. The three organizations raised the level of awareness of this problem and provided Rhode Island employers with tools to help their employees overcome their addictions.

Learn how WRTE-FM Radio Arte in Chicago, IL and the Illinois Masonic Medical Center produced a 12-month series of educational programs operated by youth on the topics of substance abuse, including tobacco, illicit drugs and alcohol.

Read how North Country Public Radio, in Canton, NY and its partner St. Joseph's Rehabilitation Center, Inc. created Under Our Influence, dedicated to establishing outreach initiatives in the community to promote regional cooperation in combating alcohol abuse by reaching many individuals and groups in the local community.

Read about KZYX&Z in Philo, CA, a small rural community station that partnered with Mendocino County Youth Project to produce a monthly one-hour radio program covering youth health issues related to substance abuse called What You Don't Know: Youth Speak Out.

Find out how WBAI-FM Pacifica Radio in New York City, and Global Kids, Inc. trained youth to create and broadcast radio programs on youth substance abuse.

Read about how KUAC-FM in Fairbanks, AK and the Fairbanks Native Association selected young Alaska Natives or American Indians to produce their own substance abuse and recovery stories.

WBAI-FM, Pacifica Radio, in New York, NY and its partner Global Kids developed Youth Pulse, a unique program through radio production which focused on developing youth leadership skills and teamwork to help lesson the high rates of youth substance abuse in New York.

Radio Arte, a bilingual youth-operated radio station in Chicago, and the Benito Juarez High School helped make their community more aware of substance abuse and helped them find new ways to reduce addiction. Using young people in all phases of the Radio Vida project, the partners produced pre-recorded interviews and live programs featuring a diverse panel discussing the neighborhood drug problems.

Find out how KZYX-FM in Philo, CA and the Mendocino County Youth Project explored youth substance abuse through the voices of the young people living in this rural northern California county.

Learn about WMRA-FM in Harrisonburg, VA, with its partnership with VaLiance Health Partners and the Search Institute of Minneapolis, to curtail youth substance abuse and educate communities about asset building.