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• Hilton CEO Receives 2023 Shatterproof Hospitality Hero Award, Hotel Management - February 1, 2023

• Shatterproof 'Hospitality Heroes' Reception Convenes More than 60 Hospitality Companies, hospitalitynet - February 1, 2023

• Some Addiction Treatment Centers Turn Big Profits by Scaling Back Care, CBS News - January 30, 2023

• Drinking Again? Maybe the Problem is Dry January, The New York Times - January 18, 2023

• 16 Charities PureWow are Supporting This Year, PureWow - December 10, 2022

• Jelly Roll Releases A Powerful, Melodic Glimpse At Addiction With New Song ‘She’, Entertainment Focus - December 1, 2022

• Jelly Roll Addresses The Struggle Of Addiction In New Song, WKKG-FM - December 1, 2022

• Jelly Roll shares a powerful anthem about addiction: Listen now, Audacy.com - December 1, 2022

• Listen: Jelly Roll Debuts New Song 'She' to Spotlight the Struggle With Addiction, Country Music Television - December 1, 2022

• Grantee Spotlight: Partnership with Shatterproof Aims to Reduce Stigma Around Substance Use Disorder, Medium.com - November 30, 2022

• Gary Mendell Highlighted as Entrepreneur, Wharton Magazine - Fall/Winter 2022

• USM Student Group Launches Program to Educate Peers about Addiction, Disease Prevention, Treatment and Recovery, The University of Southern Mississippi - November 1, 2022

• Connecticut to receive $300M in opioid recovery fund over next 18 years, News 12 Westchester - October 26, 2022

• Tackling the fentanyl crisis, NPR - October 19, 2022

• Joe Biden's Voicemail to Hunter Biden Is a 'Wonderful Example', Newsweek - October 13, 2022

• A Leaked Voicemail Revealed Joe Biden's Message to his Son Hunter as he Struggled with Addiction. Recovery Groups Hope it Can Inspire Others to Show Empathy, Business Insider - October 11, 2022

• 'It's imperative': National leaders in mental health join ranks in Utah to tackle stigma, disparities, KSL - October 11, 2022

• Wake Up Call from Rise Up Against Addiction Walk, WCVB-TV - October 11, 2022

• World Mental Health Day lands during middle of 3-day summit at Snowbird, KJZZ-14 - October 11, 2022

• How will Arizona spend its $542 million opioid settlement money? Here's what we know, Arizona Republic - September 29, 2022

• PR's Top Pros Talk: Lauren Lawson-Zilai, O'Dwyer's PR - September 26, 2022

• Shatterproof Walk Against Addiction, NBC Washington - September 24, 2022

• Shatterproof 5K walk to end addiction crisis happening at Soldier Field, CBS-Chicago - September 10, 2022

• Shatterproof announces rise up against addiction Montana Community Walk, Laurel Outlook - September, 8, 2022

• What You Should Never Say To A Loved One In Recovery, Glam - September 7, 2022

• New tool can assist those struggling with addiction, Villages News - September 4, 2022

• Oneida County continues to confront opioid problem, Oneida Dispatch - September 3, 2022

• AG Moody helps launch new addiction prevention platform in Florida, The Capitalist - September 2, 2022

• An online tool to find addiction treatment launches in Florida, WLRN- September 2, 2022 

• Attorney General Moody touts new addiction resource website to combat Florida opioid crisis, CBS 47 Jacksonville - September 2, 2022

• Floridians battling addiction can find personalized options with TreatmentATLAS, FOX 13 Tampa Bay - September 1, 2022

• Florida AG Moody Boosts Website To Help Fight Opioid Addiction, The Free Press - September 1, 2022

• As overdose crisis persists, new website connects Floridians with treatment, WFTS Tampa Bay - September 1, 2022

• End Stigma, Save Lives; Oneida County Mark Overdose Awareness Day with Education, WIBX 950 - August 31, 2022 
• Trumbull County gets $344.4M in opioid ruling, Tribune Chronicle - August 19, 2022
• Walmart, Walgreens, CVS Ordered To Pay $650M To Rectify Opioid Abuse, Newsy - August 19, 2022 
• Golf Tournament Works to Reverse Addiction Crisis, WIVB-TV - August 7, 2022
• New addiction treatment comes to Pyramid Healthcare, WBRE-TV - August 3, 2022
• People on the Move, Washington Business Journal -July 25, 2022
• Join Shatterproof and CBS 2 for the Rise Up Against Addiction Walk on Sept. 10 at 8 a.m. at Soldier Field in Chicago, WBBM-TV - July 25, 2022
• QED Investors Expands Mental Health Initiative to Tackle Stigma of Addiction in Latin America’s Startup Ecosystem, Business Wire - July 20, 2022
• Online tool helps connect NJ, Pa. families with right type of addiction services, KYW News Radio - July 15, 2022
• DHS joins with Horizon, Shatterproof to launch DHS’s ATLAS, online substance use disorder treatment reference guide, ROI-NJ - July 7, 2022
• Helping families access and find the right addiction treatment center for loved ones, Tulsa World - June 30, 2022
• Pennsylvania launches new addiction treatment tool, Herald-Standard - June 23, 2022
• ‘Just Five’ promotes workplace health, wellness, The Sharon Herald - June 14, 2022
• CVS Health's intersection strategies for tech and mental health,  Health Leader's Media – June 6
• SALT Talks interview with Shatterproof Founder & CEO Gary Mendel, SALT May 2022
• Anthem Foundation Commits $13 Million to Substance Use Disorder Programs, citybiz - May 26, 2022
• ‘Showdown on the Sound’ in Darien raises over $1M for addiction treatment, News12.com - May 23, 2022
• Shatterproof Statement Regarding the Just Released 2021 CDC Overdose Numbers, The Clanton Advertiser - May 11, 2022
• National Addiction Treatment Locator Has Outdated Data and Other Critical Flaws, Kaiser Health News - May 9, 2022
• Singer-Songwriter Sydney Sherrill Raises $5K for Shatterproof Nonprofit with Release of ‘Vice’, Massachusetts Newswire - April 27, 2022
• First Ever National Fentanyl Awareness Day Launches on May 10, 
• Finance Bros, Assemble! Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon Will DJ At Lollapalooza, Benzinga - March 22, 2022
• Opioid victims to confront Purdue Pharma's Sacklers in U.S. court, Reuters - March 10, 2022
• US: Discrimination Based on Opioid Treatment Violates Law, ABC News, April 5, 2022
• Shatterproof Receives $5 Million Gift from MacKenzie Scott, Associated Press - February 8, 2022
• Shatterproof Hospitality Heroes reception raises over $1M, Hotel Management - January 2022
• Employees Don’t Want to Work with Someone with an Addiction, Employee Benefit News - November 2021
• Shatterproof and The Hartford Release Largest and Most Expansive Addiction Stigma Survey Ever Fielded - Yahoo! Finance, October 2021
• Jamie Lee Curtis to Receive The 2021 Shatterproof Brian Mendell Memorial Award - Yahoo! Finance, October 2021
• The Health 202: Overdose deaths may have topped 90,000 in 2020 - The Washington Post, April 2021
• COVID-19 And Addiction: An Epidemic Within The Pandemic - Comcast Newsmakers, March, 15, 2021
• Wolf Administration Announces Partnership with National Nonprofit, Shatterproof, to End Substance Use Disorder Stigma - State of Pennsylvania, July 2020
• Melissa Etheridge Plans Virtual Performance for ‘Stronger Than Addiction’ Event - Rolling Stone, September 2020
• A New Website Helps People Find And Assess Addiction Treatment -WBUR News, July 2020
• Push to Protect Addiction Treatment Under Health Law Is Primed -Wall Street Journal, July 2020
• To Improve Addiction Treatment, Rate the Providers - USA Today, December 2019
• Families Impacted By The Opioid Crisis Testified -NPR (WNYC), August 2019
• UNBROKEN: Since losing his son to opioids, Gary Mendell has been on a mission to shake up the system - Chronicle of Philanthropy, May 2018
• Looking addiction straight in the eye—and treating it with science and empathy -The Hotel School, May 2018
• Gary Mendell Is New Voice in the Fight Against Addiction - Wall Street Journal, June 2014

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