National Library of Addictions
National Network of Libraries of Medicine Award
The Library of Addictions was founded in 1993 by Dr. Punyamurtula Kishore.
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Dr. Kishore created the Nathaniel Hakim Askia Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002 as a way to acknowledge the unspoken heroes who often go unrecognized.
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Mary Ann Jurkiewicz – River Street Detox – receives the 2002 Nathaniel Hakim Askia Award
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Carl J. Alves receives the Nathaniel Hakim Askia Award 2004
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Ms. Hazel Teagan receives Nathaniel Hakim Askia Award 2005
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Milagros Rivas – recipient of the Nathaniel Hakim. Askia Lifetime Achievement
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Chuck Faris receives Nathaniel Hakim Askia Award 2007
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Jan Mannone honored with the Nathaniel Hakim Askia Lifetime Achievement Award 2008
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Jim Cuddy Receives the Nathaniel Hakim Askia Lifetime Achievement Award 2009
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Eileen McGrath Receives the 2010 Nathaniel Hakim Askia Award
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State Sen. Steven Tolman 2011 recipient of the Nathaniel Hakim Askia Lifetime Achievement Award
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The Nathaniel Hakim Askia Award is named after a man who recovered from heroin addiction in the 1960s and subsequently founded the FIRST Academy, a therapeutic community for recovering addicts in Roxbury.
Nathaniel Askia – pioneer drug counselor
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See Also:
Journal of National Library of Addictions
National Library of Addictions Ambassador 2004
Nathaniel Hakim Askia Lifetime Achievement Award 
