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Debra B. Johnson: Prevention Week Asks Parents, Kids to Talk About Drug Abuse

Debra B. Johnson: Prevention week asks parents, kids to talk about drug abuse

Filed under: Substance Abuse

The chances that young people will use alcohol increase as they become older. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 10 percent of 12-year-olds have tried alcohol as compared to 50 percent of 15-year-olds.
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IMPD boosted substanceabuse program around time of Bisard crash

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How Can I Send Someone to Drug Rehab That Doesn’t Want to Go? Florida Has the Baker Act. I Live in Arkansas?

Question by Jennifer S: How can I send someone to drug rehab that doesn’t want to go? Florida has the Baker Act. I live in Arkansas?
I need to know what steps are nessesary to get them there. Does it have to be immediet family or can it be anyone. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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Answer by Hippie
Prove to a judge that he is not mentally able to care for himself and/or is a danger to himself or the community and ask the court to have him committed.

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Sex Workers and Drug Addicts Open Up in 'Faces of Addiction'

Sex Workers and Drug Addicts Open Up in 'Faces of Addiction'

Filed under: drug addiction articles

[These are] the stories of addicts in the Hunts Point neighborhood, the poorest in all of New York City. I post people's stories as they tell them to me. What I am hoping to do, by allowing my subjects to share their dreams and burdens with the viewer …
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The story of a life dream lost to addiction

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What Project Can I Make Out of Drug-Alcohol Abuse Psychology Research?

Question by thomas_afi628: What project can I make out of Drug-Alcohol Abuse Psychology research?
I am a senior in high school, and we have to do a big graduation project that consists of a 5-page paper, 15 hours with a mentor, and a final presentation in front of judges. The topic I was considering was A Day In The Life of a Psychologist. Substance Abuse, more specifically. My paper could be about how drug and alcohol abuse has grown/stopped/whatever in America over the last 60 or so years. What could I do as a final presentation? I was thinking, maybe a step-by-step plan for a recovering adolescent, but I’m not really sure. Any suggestions?

How to Become an Addiction Counselor With Prior Felony?

Question by ?grundle goat?: How to Become an Addiction Counselor with prior Felony?
my girlfriend was convicted for possession of meth 7 years ago. she did some time in prison and finished a 2 year treatment program for substance abuse. she has been clean and sober now over 6 years and currently works as a residential technician at a treatment facility. she very much wants to go back to school and become a certified counselor specializing in addiction issues. she has turned her life completely around and wants to invest all of her time and knowledge into helping other addicts find recovery. what are the steps she should take to become a drug and alcohol counselor? is there a specific course outline to become one?
thanks in advance.

New York City What Are My Options for Emergency Housing as a Female?

Question by : new york city what are my options for emergency housing as a female?
I am a recoving alcoholic and need to find sober living housing for women. any ideas??

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