Drug Work Case Study: Carmen

Bre’s mother had been looking for a new church to go to for a while. And thanks to her new job at the Holyoke Soldier’s Home as well as her ability (unlike her daughter’s inability) to socialize, Bre’s mother made a new friend who introduced her to one of the Pentecostal Assembly of God churches. The church offered services on both Wednesdays and Sundays, so it was expected of both Bre and her brother to take up

participation in a church activity might suggest that she has a strong connection to an organized religion. Her desire to complete the work that was assigned for home in school could also indicate that she values both activities equally, wanting to devote time to participate in both with full attention. Through SI’s literacy practice, the use of a math book to assist in homework so she can participate in another activity may be evidence of her increased beliefs, values, and attitudes towards both school and church as a result of participating in the re-design.

Drug courts were developed in response to a perceived need within society and the criminal justice system. This study collected data from 600 participants who successfully completed drug treatment court. The Drug Court Graduate Survey was developed by the court’s treatment program staff to serve as a measure of motivation for successful completion of the program as well as an evaluation of program functioning. The survey asked a variety of questions related to the clients experience in drug court and the client’s suggestions about way the court could change to improve effectiveness. Clients in this drug court provided interesting clues as to why drug addicted individuals enter drug court and what factors helped them successfully graduate.

Participant was informed that the team is concerned with his ability to remain safe in the community. Participant has been engaging in risky behaviors that endanger him, staff as well as the continuation of his waiver services. Participant has been obtaining marijuana illegally from unknown sources despite his ability to obtain marijuana legally for medicinal purposes.

Pointing to Garlinda’s case study, I am reminded of the fact that no matter it is Garlinda the pastor of the congregation, Wanda, the church organist, the board members , or myself, the one of the

Carmen was raised in a two parent household in New Jersey. The family was Catholic and of Mexican descent. Carmen’s father was an alcoholic who recently passed away due to kidney failure stemming from cirrhosis of the liver due to a long history of alcohol abuse. Carmen’s father was verbally abusive. The family was working class. Her father was a plumber and part-time handy man, while Carmen’s mother stayed home raising the children. Carmen maintain regular contact with her mother, brother and sister. Carmen is single and currently lives in a small one bedroom apartment with her 3 year-old son, Justin.

Barbara made sure Cedric was either in school, in the locked apartment or at Scripture Cathedral” (Suskind 35). She did not want him just walking the streets as there were many drug dealers. Barbara and Cedric spend every minute they can at the sanctuary of Scripture Cathedral (Suskind 35). They “came to Pentecostalism from a life of poverty and neglect, the church provided both moral orderliness an an absolution for past failures that finally allowed her peace about all that had gone wrong over the years”(Suskind 36). He church playing crucial role in their lives. Going to church offered Cedric and Barbara “destinations of good and evil and strict rules forbidding common activities” (Suskind 36). By going to Scripture Cathedral all the time

Doris at age of 19 was a drug dealer and got arrested for selling $200 worth of heroin to an undercover police officer in 1974 in Michigan. She was sentenced to 10-20-year prison term for that crime, but she escaped 8 months later. After the scape, she lives her life as a model citizen. However, 34 years later she was re-arrested by her fingerprints. Then she was extradited back to Michigan to fulfill her sentence. Now her family and friends want that the Michigan governor grants her clemency.

Although the small group of church goers were mostly elderly Caucasian people, they were diverse and friendly towards new individuals. Those who wore the traditional, elegant attire of a Sunday worship service greeted with a firm handshake and a gentle smile. On the other hand, those who preferred to wear casual outfits greeted with tight hugs and hearty laughter from seeing a new face. After talking to more than half of the attendants, it was evident that everyone knew a lot about each other. It was nice to hear that most of them had overwhelmingly positive words to say about the church itself. Then, I finally met the middle-aged pastor who was glad to see someone new and introduced me to his wife. She had a stoic expression and had nothing to say. Honestly, the wife’s silence struck me as surprising considering how the other people were talkative, but it is nothing to be overly concerned about. After all, it was almost time for the Sunday service to

work and church (Regan, 2015, p.46). When she was detained she started singing hymns and

During that time the church was supposed to be one of the safe havens for African Americans during such a racist time frame toward their kind. It is here that the reader is able to identify why the mother would assume that the church was a safe placed to go instead of heading to the march in downtown Birmingham.

The church seemed to have an emotional tie to the people who attended for two reasons. One being that in Jones’s church, everyone was welcome. There was no discrimination among one’s age, gender or race. With integration being allowed, the church gained much attractiveness. It was described to have the ability to give people a “place”.

In the corner of what looked like an old small warehouse, a door was propped open, and under the third floor window was a big blue and white sign saying, “Igelsia Christiana: Servicios Billingues Domingos/11AM.” It was 10:50 am, and there were only two other cars in the lot. I remembered that Hispanics have a different time orientation (Sue & Sue, 2013), and I chastised myself a bit for worrying so much about being late. I also wondered how long I might be one of the few people there before the service started, and I contemplated just waiting in the car. However, I got out and went to the ground floor entrance. I opened the solid metal doors into a dark foyer with a decommissioned elevator to my right and what looked like a makeshift, community health clinic entrance to the left, I thought, “I am literally in a back alley building.” The place was completely empty and quiet. Again, I thought about going home. I saw another blue sign on a door to a stairwell and remembered that it seemed like the church was on the third floor. I opened to door to the stairs, and light, music, and the smell of coffee and food flooded

President Reagan signed the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 on November 18, 1988. The intent of the bill was to establish the foundation of a drug-free workplace in the areas that the federal government could affect outside the federal government; i.e., the workplaces of federal grantees and contractors. The Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 does not mention drug testing at all. However, many companies have made drug testing a requirement. The Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 has 7 compliance requirements. (Miller, 1991)

David has been chosen as the case scenario in this article. David is a 38-year old single man, he has been working in an investment bank as a financial worker for 8 years with stable financial income. However, he was stressful on maintaining his job performance since he had been appraised as one of top financial investment planner of the bank in previous two years. He started to take cannabis, cocaine and alcohol under peer influence and he found it useful to relief his stress. After taking those drugs and alcohol, he could experience ‘high’ feelings and he would have casual and unprotected sex under the feeling. Now he decided to deal with his substance use problem as the withdrawal symptoms appeared. In David’s case, his problem of substance use will be mainly discussed.