IOM Report Critical of Substance Abuse Care for Troops

IOM Report Critical of Substance Abuse Care for Troops

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“A DoD policy governing substance use disorder treatment is now in coordination, which further specifies the certification standards for drug and alcohol counselors.” inline-graphic-1.gif. A summary of “Substance Use Disorders in the U.S. Armed Forces …
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Majority of third-strike inmates are addicts, records show

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ThreeStrikes_04. Inmate counselor Vincent Russo talks about healthy relationships at an Addiction Recovery Counseling meeting at San Quentin State Prison in August. … The psychological, substance abuse and education profiles of thousands of inmates …
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THE WEED WEASELS, by Juan Aguayo – The Weed Weasels is based on the misadventures of altered consciousness seekers who sustain a state of elation through the smoking of apples cores. Living in the San Francisco bay area, the hub of substance explorers. the two main characters stumble through life approaching their decisions from an intoxicated perspective. Danny is a big nose banana shaped Weasel with a slacker attitude charming and persuasive. Ray is a short stubby weasel with big eyes and a kind face, simple and naïve. Together they shamelessly exploit the underground drug culture where responsibility and the normal structure of being an adult take a back seat to getting high. Other slackers include a street smart Gang banger Graffiti artist Cat Little Gangster. Whos colorblind so has a hard time distinguishing the enemy. Always participating in water balloon drive bys. SCOOTER a low speaking hound, whom is partially deaf, and a pyromaniac. Pac-It is a closet cross dressing frog whos the local dealer and POP POP a retired drug rehab counselor (Fox) whom acts as the father symbol to the bunch but secretly is an chemist making his own mind altering substances . The weekly half hour cartoon series The Weed Weasels will take the audience on the escapades of a typical pothead, but what is key and what separates them from the irreverent iconoclastic plotlines of the Simpsons or Family Guy is that the Weed Weasels are true to form. They Poke fun at no one but the integrity of a altered consciousness seeker. The …