drug abusers

What Are Your Thought on Rick Scotts Veto?

Question by Brian B: What are your thought on Rick Scotts veto?
Earlier today Rick Scott (Republican Governor of Florida) vetoed a bill which would have allowed for the transfer of non-violent drug addicts from prisons to treatment centers after they had served a minimum of half of the sentence and if they had been recomended by the prison for good behavior. His logic was that it would be a grave misjustice to the victims of these non-violent drug addicts to allow them treatment for their addiction.

General Counseling Questions. Please Answer!?

Question by Kelvin K: General counseling questions. Please answer!?
1. Action-oriented theories primarily focus on:

2. The role of the counselor in action-oriented theories tends to be:
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3. The influence and principles of behaviorism in the field of counseling have been:…
4. The Behavioral approach to counseling views clients’ problems as:

5. The primary goal of cognitive therapy is to:

6. Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT) practitioners tend to be:

7. Play Therapy is useful for children because:

8. The testing and assessment process is crucial to accomplishing which of the following tasks?…
9. One of the advantages of using testing in counseling is:

10. Counselors rely on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for which of the following reasons?…
11. Many professionals in the counseling field oppose the concept of formal diagnosis because:…
12. Ideally, an assessment should include:

13. Which of the following best describes a standardized test?

14. The interpretations of assessment data should:

15. Because family counseling sessions can become emotionally charged, the effective family counselor tends to be:…
16. Power in the family is directly related to:

17. Family counseling shares greater similarity with:

18. Preparation for family counseling should include:

19. Compared to individual counseling, family counselors tend to be more:…
20. We would expect to find the strategy of a family counselor to include:…
21. The primary task of a vocational counselor is to:

22. Certain developmental problems such as career immaturity may be helped by the counselor applying ______________….
23. The first step in helping clients with career decisions involves:

24. Career counseling tends to focus on decision-making but also includes which of the following:…
25. A primary goal of career counseling is to optimize resources and decisions that lead to:…
26. John Holland’s theory of vocational development is divided into six categories and focuses on:…
27. Addictions counseling involves clients who abuse:

28. The difference between drug use and drug abuse is:

29. Narcotics affect a person’s system by:

30. Frequent adolescent drug abusers appear to be which of the following?…
31. With the elderly and disabled populations which of the following may trigger alcohol and/or drug abuse?…
32. Treatment of the drug abuser usually requires:

33. When working with a diverse population of clients the counselor’s job is to:…
34. When counseling culturally different clients, it is suggested that counselors:…
35. Aging clients may experience which of the following:

36. What is a major problem that persons with physical challenges face?…
37. When working with the disabled, it is important:

38. Family members of disabled individuals may experience which of the following?…
39. It is more useful to consider ethical issues and possible resolutions at which critical times:…
40. The process of seduction of a client by a counselor is:

41. The confidential nature of the counselor/client relationship may be ethically breached when:…
42. In a landmark court case, now referred to as the Tarasoff decision, a counselor:…
43. Counselors have an ethical and legal obligation to breach the vow of confidentiality when all of the following occur except:…
44. In experiments the ______ is manipulated by the experimenter.

45. Good research:

46. In an experiment the ______ is usually the measuring instrument (test)….
47. The experimental method tries to:

48. _______ is a plan, structure, and strategy of investigation conceived so as to obtain answers to research questions and to control variance….
49. A research design tells us:

50. Which of the following research method is used most often?

Drug Treatment Programs Washington Dc: Drug Treatment in Washington

Washington has become a major transshipment area for the drugs being smuggled. Various factors like the presence of a big network of highways, proximity to Canada and an extensive coastline contribute to the availability of all types of illicit drugs in the state. Presence of drugs has led to the growth of motorcycle and street gangs and drug traffickers. This has also led to the increase of violence, prostitution, gang wars, crime, money laundering, bulk currency smuggling, and inner city poverty.

Drug Rehabs in Arkansas: Needing Drug Detox Is Not the Only Downside of Prescription Drug Addiction

Looking over the current news about the opioid painkiller OxyContin, we can see there’s not much change today from any other day in the last year or so. This is a drug that, despite its usefulness for helping serious chronic pain sufferers, has created a dark side of prescription drug addiction and crime, and led thousands of people to need drug detox, if not an undertaker.

If anyone doubts that we have a problem in America with crime connected to narcotic prescription drug addiction, just take a look at today’s top headlines about OxyContin, as reported by Google news. The name of the drug may not appear in every headline, but the stories are all about OxyContin:

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Can Someone Help a Combat Veteran Out?

Question by pompanopete0: Can someone help a Combat Veteran out?
The VA is requireing Veterans to sign a form that states;
Clinic Policy Memorandum 119-2 January, 2005
Viera, Florida
9) I agree to abstain from all illicit drug use. Drug screens testing positive for any substance other than those prescribed for me can result in discontinuation of my controlled substance pain medication.

Yet Federal Law States;