The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at
Columbia University is the only nation-wide organization that brings together
under one roof all the professional disciplines needed to study and combat
abuse of all substances – alcohol, nicotine as well as illegal, prescription
and performance enhancing drugs – in all sectors of society.Founded in 1992 by Former U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Joseph A. Califano, Jr., the
nonprofit organization aims to inform Americans of the economic and social
costs of substance abuse and its impact on their lives, as well as, remove the
stigma of substance abuse and replace shame and despair with hope.
Summary: The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at
Columbia University is the only nation-wide organization that brings together
under one roof all the professional disciplines needed to study and combat
abuse of all substances – alcohol, nicotine as well as illegal, prescription
and performance enhancing drugs – in all sectors of society. Founded in 1992 by Former U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Joseph A. Califano, Jr., the
nonprofit organization aims to inform Americans of the economic and social
costs of substance abuse and its impact on their lives, as well as, remove the
stigma of substance abuse and replace shame and despair with hope.
Summary: The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at
Columbia University is the only nation-wide organization that brings together
under one roof all the professional disciplines needed to study and combat
abuse of all substances – alcohol, nicotine as well as illegal, prescription
and performance enhancing drugs – in all sectors of society. Founded in 1992 by Former U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Joseph A. Califano, Jr., the
nonprofit organization aims to inform Americans of the economic and social
costs of substance abuse and its impact on their lives, as well as, remove the
stigma of substance abuse and replace shame and despair with hope.
