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Where Can I Find a Consultant to Help Me to Get Certified for Alcohol & Drug Treatment Center in Ca?

Question by USImporter: Where can i find a consultant to help me to get certified for Alcohol & Drug Treatment Center in Ca?
I am planing to start outpatient AOD Treatment Center and I need some experianced consultant who can guide me from start up.

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Answer by packinrat
You don’t need a consultant.

The state will require the place be run by an experienced certified treatment professional. If you have that, you have your consultant.

They will not accept the credentials of a part time or temporary consultant sorry.

I Need to Find Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers in Encinitas, California. How Will I Do This?

Question by brittany ce: I need to find alcohol rehabilitation centers in Encinitas, California. How will I do this?
My brother’s been suffering from his alcohol addiction for quite some time now. He has only just admitted to himself that he has a problem with his alcohol consumption. He wants to get himself treated now and I really want to help, if only by finding a rehab for him. How will I do this?

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I Want to End My Addiction to Pain Medicine but I Don’t Know How?

Question by Lulu: I want to end my addiction to pain medicine but I don’t know how?
I have been on pain medicine for a little over ten months and I am very much out of control but I can’t stop. Can someone please tell me of some kind of support programs or hotline that could help me even a little?
I cannot just go to a therapist. I have no medical insurance, I have no access to medical help and it makes me feel helpless. That is why I am here. I don’t know where to turn to.

Report: Homes for Addicts Have Poor Conditions, Ties to Drug Clinics

Report: Homes for Addicts Have Poor Conditions, Ties to Drug Clinics

Filed under: residential drug treatment programs

Residents are often former prisoners or recent patients of residential drug treatment programs. Most are unemployed and receive Medicaid. "Many of the houses have ongoing relationships with particular [state]-licensed substance abuse treatment programs …
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Veterans court program helps warriors battle addiction, mental health crises

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How Many College Applicants Can Say This?

Question by Dion: How many college applicants can say this?
“I found solace in volunteering at a drug rehabilitation center every weekend. I found solace in perhaps making a difference in the lives of those addicted to drugs and alcohol, a difference that, to my dismay, I never seemed to be able to make in my mother’s life.” My mother has a sixth grade education and has been addicted to crack cocaine and alcohol for over 25 years. She has done a lot just to fulfill her addiction.

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Answer by Goose63095
More than you think.

What’s Going to Happen to Him?

Question by .x.X._Cay_.X.x.: what’s going to happen to him?
so one of my friends got caught on july 31st with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia-both class c misdemeanors. He is only 17 and he got caught in illinois. High school hasn’t even started. I was just wondering if he will be able to go to high school this year, or will he be going to a juvenile detention center(juvie) What are your thoughts?

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Answer by Chrys
my thought is…we all don’t live in IL…don’t know the laws…the judge and what the judge is gonna do that day…