Rehabilitation Center Recognizes Industry Leaders

HAVRE DE GRACE, Md. - Aug. 17, 2018 - PRLog -- An addiction treatment center will be awarding the professionals who have demonstrated leadership in the field of substance use disorders during the National Conference on Alcohol and Addiction Disorders.

The conference welcomes a number addiction treatment specialists as well as behavioral providers who get to work together to improve communities while outlining routes to successful practices of care.

Ashley Addiction Treatment started providing evidence-based addiction treatment 35 years ago. It offers programs that integrate a full spectrum of holistic medical treatment methods, which have assisted approximately 40,000 people.

Two professionals who have had the ability to deeply impact the lives of those struggling with substance use disorders will be honored.

Faith Strong, a California-based professional will be receiving one of the awards - named the Father Joseph Martin Professional Excellence Award - for an outstanding philanthropic career and for donating over $8 million to help women fight substance use disorders.

And Marvin Ventrell is receiving the second award (the Ashley Addiction Treatment Innovator Award). He has been an educator, a lawyer, an association director, and addiction treatment executive for three decades and is currently working as the director of the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers.

Rebecca Flood, the CEO and President of the center, will award the winners at the National Conference on Alcohol and Addiction Disorders.

Flood emphasized that the two professionals selected to be awarded have worked extremely hard to remove the stigma associated with substance use disorders while also dedicating their careers to different communities of people who need help while promoting developments and expansions in the area if addiction treatment.

The awards will be given in Anaheim as a part of the conference that runs from August 19 to August 21.

In 2019, the event is expected to be held in Havre de Grace at the Ashley Addiction Treatment Center.

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