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Riots and Recovery
I work in the now-infamous, riot-riddled city of Baltimore. All day yesterday, our retinas were assaulted with a steady stream of live, commercial-free video violence. One piece of footage stood out as a metaphor with a megaphone: The local CBS affiliate showed...
State of Maryland v. Heroin
Sometimes we have to face reality, perform zero-based reviews, and boldly challenge the status quo with honest scrutiny and a willingness to try different things. Such is the case with Maryland’s runaway heroin issue. The number of people who have died from heroin...
What can we learn from Bernard Pierce?
The Ravens recently had another hiccup trying to make off-field issues a thing of the past. You know the story. Last month, Running Back Bernard Pierce was charged with DUI. He reportedly told the arresting officer, “Do you know what happened last time a Ravens player...
Celebrating success at the Judicial Institute
Last Friday we had the pleasure of presenting at the Judicial Institute in Annapolis. Special thanks to Judge Patti Mitchell for inviting us to speak to some 50 judges about our treatment protocols. In our presentation, we gave a brief history of Right Turn and spoke...
The case for recovery
Hearing the Statement of Facts read in the courtroom can be pretty sobering sometimes. There are also those times when, admit it, you know you want to laugh. The things people do under the influence would make great sitcom material — if the realities beyond weren’t so...
How to secure the most affordable and effective Aftercare
We’re in court somewhere everyday. We see the complexity involved in many of the DUI / DWI cases out there and it’s clear that Defense Attorneys often have to negotiate complicated terrain to get the best results for their clients. As one of the foremost treatment...
Confronting the heroin epidemic
Hopefully you saw it on one of the three local news broadcasts. This past Tuesday I was invited to speak at a press conference with Gov. Hogan and Lt. Gov. Rutherford on Maryland’s growing heroin epidemic. Finally, we’re seeing press coverage and a strong movement...
Is addiction really a disease?
Drugabuse.gov defines addiction as “a chronic, relapsing brain disease that is characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use, despite harmful consequences. It is considered a brain disease because drugs change the brain; they change its structure and how it works.”...
We’re in this together
There’s a lot more to living clean and sober than mere abstinence. For addicts and alcoholics to reap the full rewards of recovery, we must practice the principles of recovery in every area of life. Although Right Turn-IMPACT offers traditional state-certified...
What Recovery Really Means
People “in recovery” know what recovery means and how important it is to them — and how important it is to society. But what if society doesn’t fully grasp what recovery means? The term is sometimes couched in the idea of “struggle” and is understood as “someone who...