Archive for the ‘Substance Abuse Intervention’ Category

by Christiana Care

Question by Starlight Bev: How to become a drug addiction counselor?
What do I need to major in? Where are the best colleges for this? And the most important question of all, can you become a counselor if you have a criminal record (mainly with drugs). The thing is I want to help people, because I have been through drug addiction and everything else, so I know how to help people, I just need the certification…

Best answer:

Answer by Master Blaster
Major in drug addiction first.

Answer by Mr. Helpful
There’s a great article in the source called how to become an addiction counselor. Hope that helps!

Drug counselor is 'vital'
Sen. Barry Finegold has joined a growing chorus of support for the hiring of a counselor to help combat the rising problem of drug abuse in town. Finegold, an Andover resident, called the town Youth Services Department's request for a $ 60,000 social …
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Books: 'Beyond Addiction' explores alternative to interventions for substance …
Each year, more than 22 million individuals have problems with substances that can be classified as dependence or abuse. At some point ….. Nor do they adequately distinguish between strategies designed for adults and those more appropriate to teenagers.
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Thailand: Hezbollah Tries Again
The government strategy worked and because the army would not intervene (in part because most of the troops were opposed to the demonstrators) to overthrow the government the yellow shirts made the best of a bad situation and urged the few remaining …
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Butler OH Alcohol Drug Rehab Launches Updated Intervention Program
Butler OH Alcohol Drug Rehab is launching an updated intervention program for individuals dealing with drug addiction in Butler and surrounding cities. Keeping up a false face that life is going well while indulging in drugs of different shapes and …
Read more on Virtual-Strategy Magazine (press release)

Neighbours raise concerns over proposed treatment centre near Pasiley
Brockton council heard concerns about a proposed teen residential drug addiction treatment centre south of Paisley. The Georgian Bay Treatment Centre for Youth is planning to treat up to 50 people ages 14-19 at the former Two Rivers Conference Centre, …
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Botox maker Allergan draws bid from Valeant
First introduced in 1989, the injectable drug is most famous for its ability to smooth wrinkle lines on aging foreheads. But over the years Allergan has racked up more than a half-dozen other approved uses for Botox, including treatment for neck spasms …
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Drug treatment nonsense: Science first ? Fifa Rahman
Within the last three to five years, the National Anti-Drugs Agency (AADK) under the Ministry of Home Affairs implemented the phasing out of compulsory treatment at the Pusat Serentis, and introduced voluntary treatment centres called Cure & Care …
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Ohio adding hazmat containers to aid meth lab cleanups
The containers will cut down on the time and money required to clean up meth labs, Attorney General Mike DeWine said Monday during a news conference. DeWine and other officials were on hand to debut one of the new containers at the Highway Patrol …
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Sheriff: 2 arrested in possible record-breaking meth operation
Matthews said officials from the cleanup company that responded to this lab said the cleanup of the toxic waste produced from this operation may set a record for the largest waste product by weight of any meth lab in South Carolina. Initial estimates …
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Spring cleaning: Police busy cleaning up meth lab dump sites throughout …
KALAMAZOO, MI — Kalamazoo County Sheriff's deputies were sent out Monday with the task of finding one roadside methamphetamine lab dump site. They returned having cleaned up a dozen meth labs, according to Kalamazoo County Undersheriff Paul …
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by Johnny Grim

Question by GREG BOWMAN: MeThAmPhEtAmInE!?!?!?!?
anything similar to methamphetamine, if so can you give me detailzzzz on everything
First off Im writing a paper on this and need to know was there anything chemically similar, obviously you won’t be getting the best answer, and yes I have seen the faces of meth
and how is Ritalin
like it, any info on that?

Best answer:

Answer by nrg4life200
Very stupid. It’s not worth it. Have you seen faces of meth? Click links below.
Edit: Ritilan is a medication prescribed by a doctor for ADHD. It does not give the same effects to the user as meth if prescribed properly, it reacts as a downer and makes the normally hyper person leveled out. Read Prescribed by a doctor with close monitoring for a treatment of a medical condition.

Answer by Dana W
get a life man.

North Korea: war and piste
'Masikryong' translates to 'horse-resting pass' – the surrounding mountains in the country's remote east are, by legend, so arduous to traverse that even horses had to take respite. One year ago … The result of a year's work and including testimony …
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