Mr. Hurley Case Summary

The participant is a 49 year old African American male who began using substances at the age of 13. He was diagnosed with severe alcohol, cocaine, and opioid use. The participant has been incarcerated over the past 32 years. He was recently paroled after completing eight years of a sixteen year sentence in the Illinois Department of Corrections for burglary and theft. The participant is on medications to treat HIV/AIDS and has been diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder. He was referred to Healthcare Alternative Systems residential program through TASC as a condition of his probation.

The counselor met with the patient for her scheduled Addiction Severity Index assessment. The patient is a 54 year old black male. The patient states he is single with no children. He report currently lives with sister in law of his decease brother. The patient reports having a 14 years of education however no degree. The patient report receiving disability for mental health disorder. The patient reports he is currently not on probation. The patient reports he last use Cannabis 7/17/15 and started using at the age of 13 and smokes 3 to 4 times a week at least 2 joints. He also report using Alcohol 7/20/15 a 40oz beer and usually drank a couple a day. The patient denies any issues with HI/SI. Patient also reports he is taking his medication as prescribed. The patient appear to be in the pre-contemplation stage of change. The patient next scheduled individual session with the counselor is on Monday, July 27, 2015 at 02:30p

Dr. Perry Kendall’s stated in a report that the mortality rate for people in opioid substitution treatment is about half of what it is for those using street heroin. (“globeandmail”) Another doctor, who has been administering the program as part of his family practice for several years states the rate of success is poor, the nature of the work often frustrating and the paperwork required under new rules is daunting. But the reward is the amazing transformation of those who are helped by methadone, says Dr. Jeff White. (“thetelegram”) Equally, a confident experience is expressed from a recovering addict himself, Jared stated to a Newfoundland based newspaper, The Compass that the methadone program had a super positive impact on his life. Going on to say in a separate interview with The Advertiser, that the first year everything went as well as it could have with him not doing any drugs. (“Advertiser”) This is just a few examples on how the methadone program has continued to play a positive impact on lives when given the

Xavier then reported, the applicant recovery is up and down and the reason the patient was transferred and admitted to the Norwich location was due to an altercation as the Hartford Dispensary has zero tolerance for physical violence. Since May of of this year, the applicant's UDS results are negative. Last positive result was in April for cocaine, according to the counselor. Please note, during the applicant intake, he was asked about other illicit drugs and only confirmed for use of heroin and THC, not the cocaine. The applicant's current dose at the Hartford Dispensary is 105mgs as he is being detoxed daily. His highest dose was at 145 mgs before his detoxification. The physical altercation was the applicant's first behavioral incident at the clinic. He was also on a 90 Probation for his illicit use and it would have expired in August, but due to the recent incident, he was removed from the clinic, not discharged, but transferred as mentioned before. Counselor Xavier only concern of the applicant is maintaining his

But back in 1891, a bill was introduced in the Illinois General Assembly proposing a children’s court. The person most instrumental in introducing this bill was Timothy D. Hurley, president of the Catholic-controlled Chicago Visitation and Aid Society. The bill would give county courts the power to commit dependent children to any nonprofit child welfare organization incorporated under Illinois law (Tannenhaus, 2002). In addition, the bill proposed that county courts be empowered to commit to private child-saving organizations any child “being trained or allowed to be trained in vice and crime” (Platt, 2009, p. 123 – 124). Lucy Flower supported this bill because it would give judges more discretion in handling dependent cases (Tannenhaus, 2002).

The social work intern called the Red Team at the Miami Veterans Hospital requested a medical appointment and make a follow up appointment for Kenneth at the Miami VA Hospital System's Outpatient Substance Abuse Clinic (OSAC). The social worker at the Wellington Halfway House will remind Kenneth of his appointments.

Rosa Cunningham (full name is Rosa Lee) is a 53 year old African American female client of average height, slight build, and is appropriately groomed. She has 8 children, 2 of them being female and 6 males, all adults. Rosa is a widow and reached this status after being separated from her deceased husband for many years. Rosa is currently hospitalized for pneumonia, and has been hospitalized several times in her life for diferent illnesses. Rosa’s medical history as self-reported is HIV and seizures. Rosa is a heroin addict and has been this way for several years. Rosa is involved with the local methadone clinic and receives 55mg of methadone daily. Even by receiving this daily dose of methadone, Rosa continues to use heroin. Rosa has several legal and health issues that are present also, despite which she continues to use heroin. Rosa has a lengthy criminal history to include arrests for prostitution, larceny, and selling drugs. The reason for today’s assessment is a referral made by the social worker at the hospital in which Rosa is a patient at and discharge planning is to be made for aftercare.

Mr. Larry Boston, a Maryland resident, took a miscellaneous itemized deduction for his education expenses relating to his M.B.A. courses on Schedule A of his 2013 tax return. From 2002 to 2007, Mr. Boston was employed at a private school where he taught physical education, coached athletic teams and conducted administrative work.

D-Met with the patient as the Women's Group was cancelled due to low attendance. This writer addressed with the patient about her AWOL status, at which the patient started to get emotional as she is struggling with transportation, borrowing her mother's car, her husband is still having issues getting into the Hartford Dispensary-tested postiive for methadone, and too much stressors in her life, which is causing the patient to not eat. This writer validated the patient's feelings, provided support, and made suggestions. The patient admits to relapsing yesterday by purchasing 10 bags of heroin, but using 6 and gave her husband 4 bags-use of method was IV. The patient feels guility of using, but her stress factors are overbearing her recovery process and the patient struggles with coping. She then says, " When I come to the Women's Group, I feel good....I was hoping there was going to be group today....I don't know." This writer provided empowerment and encouragement to the patient to focus on her recovery process and proceeded to discuss risk factors of what she will lose.

“Chris Orr was a good respectful young kid, there was nothing wrong with him except he was a heroin addict” stated Rick Anderson, local pier bowl merchant and longtime San Clemente local. Personally, I remember growing up in San Clemente, CA and waking up each morning and walking out on to my family deck and looking out onto the beach, thinking to myself how lucky my family was for the opportunity to be by the beach. I loved the beach, the feel of the ocean’s spray upon my face, the sand beneath my toes, but it wasn’t until heroin began to directly affect the lives of people around me that I truly began to understand that something darker lingered along the shoreline. For example, Chris was my friend, we grew up together, we played together as kids, and as we got older, we partied together. For a short while Chris even lived at my house. His sweet personality and loving heart made him hard to resist. No matter how much we loved him, he had a problem and he just couldn’t seem to overcome it. Finally, Chris lost his struggle with addiction in 2002. Many people mourned the light that was extinguished on that day, thought of what could have and what should have been done differently to prevent such a tragic death. Since his death, I have lost several friends to heroin use and the numbers are growing in this small beach community. In examining the reasons behind the recent increase heroin use in Orange County, including the impact on the youth, available medical

Mr. Bates cooperation assisted the government to successfully prosecute co-defendant Jonathan Coleman. Mr. Coleman originally pled not guilty and his case set for jury trial on March 23, 2015. On March 11, 2015, the government sought a superseding indictment adding Mr. Bates as leverage to induced Mr. Coleman to enter into a guilty plea.

The case will take a few more years to wrap up, said trustee Doug Kelley, who oversees liquidation of Petters' bankruptcy estate. He filed a reorganization plan this month that promises to repay investors for roughly 10 percent of their losses. Most creditors support the plan, which requires a federal judge's approval.

Substance Use History: The patient denies any drug or substance use except for Alcohol and Marijuana; started using in high school and everyday use.

Thank you for reviewing Jim McMeckan, a pleasant 71-year-old gentleman who lives a very active lifestyle and currently works as a bank executive.

Patient states that he was on unit in April of this year. Patient states that after discharge he tried to get into a program (Salvation Army in Manhatten), but there were no beds available. Patient reports that he went back to his same enviromemtn, Jersey City and started drinking and using heroin. Patient said that he had no health insurance so he was unable to fill his prescription. Patient reports that he applied for Medicaid and is currently waiting to see if he is going to be approved. Patient stated that he would like to go to Meadowview in Seacucus. Patient states that he reason why he uses is to self-medicate because he has no insurance. Patient stated that he would like to get into long-term rehab that does not require him