public policy

Not All Bad on the Criminal Justice Front: Crime, Sentencing and Corrections

...  All Bad on the Criminal Justice Front: Crime, Sentencing and Corrections … At least six states implemented drug screening and rehabilitation planning programs, including newly required assessments and treatment plans upon intake for all prisoners in Vermont and West Virginia. These states also mandated better distribution of … Read more on Georgetown Public Policy Review Address overlooked starting gate to opioid dependence It is clear we are in the wake of a deadly prescription drug epidemic that is touching cities, rural counties and suburban neighborhoods across the country, including in our very own state of North Carolina, where unintentional poisoning deaths from … Read more on Durham Herald Sun Read ...

Newsmaker Q&A With Rob Moher

...  Q&A with Rob Moher The organization is focused on promoting and protecting these natural resources through with a staff of 55 professionals in the area of environmental scientific research, public policy and advocacy, education and native wildlife protection and … Read more on The News-Press SCI Greene community work program makes a difference with house … SCI Greene community work program makes a difference with house rehabilitation program. by Bob Niedbala Staff Writer … It now has three CWP crews that do work in the community for nonprofit organizations and state and local governments. All of the … Read more on Washington Observer Reporter Read ...

Letters: Postpartum, Obamacare Effect

by Christiana Care Letters: Postpartum, Obamacare effect It is more severe than postpartum depression — occurring only once or twice for every 1,000 deliveries — but arises suddenly with tragic effect. It may be caused by thyroid dysregulation or hormone problems, and the mother may have suffered from a … Read more on Pueblo Chieftain 'Back From the Brink': A Book Review By Dr. Lloyd Sederer … the extraordinary Bob Boorstin, now public policy director at Google and former speechwriter to President Clinton and advisor to U.S. treasury and state secretaries; Jennifer Hentz Moyer who gives us a clear view into postpartum psychosis and … Read more on Huffington Post Read ...

Executive Drug Rehab: Benefits of Executive Coaching

Executive coaching is part of the holistic concept of life coaching.  You have no doubt heard of life coaching as it has become more popular and mainstream in recent years, with its effective strategies and benefits that it is giving to individuals who have been part of this process and worked with such life mentors.  Executive coaching is one of the divisions of life coaching that is geared to helping various executives, managers of different organisations and top industry professionals who need to keep up with the demand of their challenging workplace.  Read more... ...

Why Do You Think the Media Wont Disscuss the Medications These School Shooters Are On?

Question by D. N: Why do you think the media wont disscuss the medications these school shooters are on? Holmes had been treated by a psychiatrist The Denver Post reported Jan. 7 that, according to newly released court papers, police removed a number of prescription medication bottles – four, to be exact – from Holmes’ apartment shortly after clearing it of explosives in the days following the July 20 shootings. They also seized immunization records. Read more... ...

Europe's Record Jobless Rate Seen Resisting Recovery

Europe's Record Jobless Rate Seen Resisting Recovery Jobseekers pass through the doors of a Labor Force Employment Organisation (OAED) job center soon after opening in Athens, Greece, on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013. Photographer: Angelos Tzortzinis/Bloomberg. Europe's nascent economic … A robust job market … Read more on Businessweek Europe's Voters Wisely Stick With Frugal Leaders Her Christian Democratic Union obtained 41.5 percent of the votes cast, its best result since 1990, five seats short of a majority in the Bundestag. Her success should give us pause to reconsider what … These eight countries have center-right … Read more on Bloomberg Read more... ...

Weigand, Kylmanen Visit DC as Advocates for Disabled

Weigand, Kylmanen visit DC as advocates for disabled Two area residents who make use of Opportunities Inc. services traveled to Washington D.C. recently to join a grassroots effort in favor of rehabilitation/training employment for people with disabilities. Jennifer Weigand and Mackenzie Kylmanen … Read more on Daily Union Rihanna's Million Twitter Brag THEN Rihanna changed her Twitter background to a pair of screen grabs from the questionably accurate website Celebrity Net Worth, showing Taylor's assets at $ 500,000 and Rihanna's at $ 90 million. Which is just petty. Come on …. Bynes remains in the … Read more on The Atlantic Wire Read more... ...