UC Riverside to Host Conference on Addiction Recovery

RIVERSIDE - Programs aimed at helping students recover from alcohol and drug addiction will be the focus of an October conference at UC Riverside featuring a diverse group of speakers, including Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack.

On the weekend of Oct. 20-21, the UCR Healing Highlanders, in partnership with the national nonprofit group Young People in Recovery, will host the California Unified Collegiate Recovery Conference.

''The goal of the conference is to educate students, staff and faculty of the University of California and California State universities, as well as other colleges and universi...