Rallying to End Drug Abuse Among Youth
The money runs treatment programmes, research on child addiction, outreach in centres for rehabilitation, drug education in school and training practitioners on how to rehabilitate abusers. "The major criteria are that a country should show her serious …
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Where teens hawk opium
A UNODC study says that at least 6,500 drug addicts undergo treatment every year at the 51 rehab centres across the state. "Of them, nearly 40 per cent cases are of relapse," says Amanjeet Singh, president of the Punjab State Drug Counselling and …
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Drug counselling spider diagram

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A drug-counsellor friend found this diagram on a whiteboard at work after another counsellor had given a two hour session. He recreated it on paper for us.

Pike County addiction counselor to plead guilty to health care fraud
A Pike County counselor will plead guilty to health care fraud for bilking insurance provider Blue Cross of North East Pennsylvania out of more than $ 10,000, federal court papers stated. Patricia Delorenzo is charged with using a variety of fraudulent …
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Alcohol, drug counselor Brenda Wiewel helps change lives, one addict at a time
As executive director of Los Angeles Centers for Alcohol and Drug Abuse (L.A. CADA) Wiewel is passionate about saving lives and uniting families through the nonprofit's addiction counseling and "healthy living" services. For the licensed clinical …
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Treatment options for tackling addiction can vary from hours to months
The 2012 Kentucky Substance Abuse Treatment Outcome Study examined 12-month follow-up results for 1,225 adults who received all sorts of treatment in publicly funded programs across the state. More than three-quarters reported no illicit drug or …
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Man in custody in drug investigation facing new charge for counselling to …
A man in custody at a Manitoba jail is charged with trying to arrange a murder on the outside. Benjamin Joseph Goodine, 23, is being held at the Dauphin Correctional Centre. He was arrested after a drug trafficking investigation was launched in July.
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Fears regions denied face-to-face drug counselling
A Mount Gambier city councillor is concerned drug and alcohol counselling is not being undertaken face-to-face in outlying areas. Drug and Alcohol Services South Australia provides counselling at Mount Gambier and is responsible for outreach services.
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The numbers say our city is getting safer every year
That said, another word of warning against drawing broader conclusions: while most crime is motivated or caused by drug and alcohol use, many of the crimes on this list have roots in greed or ignorance-which help make them stand out. 10 – The trial of …
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Drug counselling spider diagram

Image by ohskylab
A drug-counsellor friend found this diagram on a whiteboard at work after another counsellor had given a two hour session. He recreated it on paper for us.

Fears regions denied face-to-face drug counselling
A Mount Gambier city councillor is concerned drug and alcohol counselling is not being undertaken face-to-face in outlying areas. Drug and Alcohol Services South Australia provides counselling at Mount Gambier and is responsible for outreach services.
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Former drug mule from Helensburgh opens counselling practice
An addict who once travelled the seedy underbelly of the world transporting drugs is now offering counselling services from one of the most respected addresses in the UK. Mark Dempster's journey took him from Helensburgh through the Himalayas, hiding …
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Gavin Crosisca urges the AFL to revamp its drugs policy
Crosisca, an assistant coach at Carlton as recently as 2008, is concerned that players can dodge strikes by repeatedly self-reporting drug use, and avoid tests while receiving counselling for a second strike. Access all Areas. $ 1 for the first 28 days …
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Drug addicts considered in New York’s Medicaid reforms
State officials are digging into the details of how to save money in the Medicaid program, and to the dismay of some local lawmakers they say the best way to to achieve that long-term goal is to add more preventative services, all while restructuring …
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Ocean City dealing with ‘overwhelming increase’ in heroin cases
In an effort to reverse an “overwhelming increase” in heroin abuse in Ocean City this year, police in Maryland’s largest beach resort launched a broad, weeks-long investigation into the local drug trade — resulting last week in the indictments of more …
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