Price Counseling Blog
Extended Outpatient Treatment Program Now Available
In response to the dramatic increase in fatal opiate overdoses in Cherokee County, Price Counseling has initiated a new Extended Outpatient Treatment Program. This extended ASAM Level One program will operate in the mornings on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9 a.m....
Narcan: Miracle Drug or Reset Button? by Grace Riley Price, L.C.S.W.
In Cherokee County, just far enough north of Atlanta (40 miles), those of us who are on the front line of the war on addiction have noticed a staggering upswing in opiate overdoses. In 2009, I started counting about one per month , but now we are averaging one fatal...
25 Years of Drug Court Programs by Grace Riley Price, L.C.S.W.
I just returned from the biggest conference of my career. 25 years of Drug Court Programs. Believe it or not, we are all celebrating 25 years of Drug Court Programs. Some readers might not-- even after 25 years—even know what a Drug Court means. I certainly...
Heroin Is Back by Grace Riley Price, L.C.S.W.
Wait, what did she say? Heroin? No, I am not having a flashback to 1969. I am not singing Magic Carpet Ride, loudly, to the Doors (well, maybe...) I am talking about Heroin and that makes me think of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Iron Butterfly and wearing bell...
Ten Things You Must Know About Drug Addiction in 2014 by Grace Riley Price, L.C.S.W.
1) Alcohol is a drug. IT is not a fruit or a vegetable. Does this sound dumb? Well, there are a lot of people in this country who don’t get it. 2) You can be charged with DUI/Drugs while driving under the influence of your medication prescribed by your doctor,...
Trauma and Recovery by Grace Riley Price, L.C.S.W.
As a part of the Cherokee County DUI/Drug Court team, I attended the National Association of Drug Court Professionals Training in Washington, DC in July of 2013. I arrived at the training with barely 3 hours of sleep after attending a family wedding in Cleveland,...