| Rockland schools for substance abuse counselors merge
Two Rockland schools that train students to become credentialed alcohol and substance abuse counselors have merged. The CASAC School of the Rockland Council on Alcoholism and other Drug Dependence and the Addiction Counselors Training Program of Rockland County will now operate as the Rockland Chemical Dependency Studies Institute out of the new Haverstraw Center in Haverstraw. "We've had two competing agencies that are now bringing together the finest leaders and instructors in the field under one roof," said Debbie Maidman, operations manager of the new school. "They are coming together with the same mission, the same focus." Accredited counselors who graduate from the school work in outpatient and inpatient treatment centers, the criminal justice system, schools, department of social services and department of transportation evaluations, rehab and halfway houses.
Drugs; Drug Use, Possession, Dealing, High ...
Joseph A. Califano, Jr., chairman and president of The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University and former U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, will release the findings from CASA's twelfth annual back-to-school report, "National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse XII: Teens and Parents" on Thursday, August 16 at 10:00 a.m. at the Kaiser Family Foundation building, 1330 G Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. .
Cooling centers in Randol,ph County
The Randolph County Health Department advises county residents to take extra precautions to prevent heat-related illnesses and deaths. Summer heat can take its toll on a person's health, especially the very young, the elderly and the chronically ill.“County residents need to be aware that exposure to high temperatures and humidity can cause heat-related illness and even death," says Randolph County Health Department Administrator, Ross McKinstry. “With the recent heat-related death of a Huntsville resident, we are reminded of just how serious this is and how easily it can happen."Cooling centers in Randolph County include the Wal-Mart Supercenter, Moberly Area Community College Activities Center, Higbee Senior Center, Randolph County Health Department and the Little Dixie Regional Libraries in Moberly and Huntsville.
Prison official lifts the lid on our convict drug shame
Where can a heroin addict get limitless free drugs? In prison. A prison official lifts the lid on a 12million scheme that will keep inmates hooked on heroin rather than cure them, tells how drugs are smuggled into jails, and reveals why some prison officers turn a blind eye to drug abuse. A prison employee was walking around the jail's perimeter when he was hit on the head by a pigeon, which then fell at his feet. As he bent down to see if it was alive, a prison officer yelled: "Don't touch it. It's probably full of drugs." Scroll down for more .
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