SUBSTANCE-ABUSE COUNSELING: Senate Report Highlights Problems
SUBSTANCE-ABUSE COUNSELING: Senate report highlights problems
SACRAMENTO — California's lax system of credentialing drug and alcohol counselors has allowed convicted sex offenders, embezzlers and people with their own substance-abuse problems to work with vulnerable clients, according to a new report from the …
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Oh No, Drug Counselors Might Have Criminal Records – Gawker
If there's one thing that the State of California wants in a drug and alcohol counselor, it's a spotless past free of crime. So the state was appalled to learn that felons may be counseling people about drugs. Do we want to live in a society that …
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California Senate report blasts lax oversight of drug counselors
A new Senate report is calling for more regulation of California's substance abuse counselors amid disclosures that sex offenders and other convicted criminals are working in the industry. The report, by the California Senate Office of Oversight and …
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