A Day in the Life of a Drug & Alcohol/Mental Health Therapist

So far this week I have gone into work early and left late. It has been an emotionally exhausting week thus far. The last four new patients on my caseload  were admitted after they survived an overdose when given Narcan. These are young people and our state especially the city of Philadelphia is in crisis as folks are dying everyday from overdoses. It is clearly an opiate epidemic and myself as well as the other counselors have been working tirelessly to help but we are human too and the emotional toll it is taken on us is very real.   Imagine having a job where the success rate is low and the death rate is high.

Maybe the war on drugs should include the roundhouse.

Commissioner Ramsey Confirms Cop Corruption Probe « CBS Philly


By Mike Dougherty
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Seven Philadelphia narcotics officers have been relieved of their duties as part of a federal corruption investigation. One officer is in federal custody.
Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey announced Friday that five more officers were removed from the street as part of the investigation. Two others were removed months ago, and this is the first time he publically commented on the probe.
“This is a joint FBI, Philadelphia Police Internal Affairs investigation that’s taking place,” Ramsey said. “I can’t get into a lot of detail. There is a federal grand jury involved in this, so I can’t give a lot of information.”
Ramsey said one of the officers previously removed has been in federal custody for a few months. The five cops who turned in their badges and guns this week have been assigned to desk duty.
He would not release their names and he refused to answer questions about the allegations against the officers.