what would you do to help if your relative got their kids taken away?
cantthinkofaname asked:
My sister has an alcohol problem and she recently got her 3 kids taken away and she cannot get them back until she completes a rehabilitation program but shes been stalling. I would hate to see the kids to go a group home so I decided to care for them. I also have 2 children of my own (3mnths, 2yr) The only problem is her kids have some major issues and I can see they have been through a lot. It’s very hard for me, I’ve been extremely stressed out and I cannot handle caring for so many kids anymore. I’ve tried to return the children to child services but I want to help my sister get her life back in order but I cant take it anymore. I don’t know what to do. Comments please?
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Shouldn’t we stop treating nonviolent drug use as a criminal issue and started treating it as a medical one?
hellafunguy35 asked:
Let’s face it, the “war on drugs” is a failure. We’ve spent untold billions in the drug interdiction effort, and drugs still permeate our society.
Isn’t it time we adopted a rehabilitative approach, rather than a criminal one?
Here are some benefits:
1) Less prison space would be taken up by nonviolent offenders and therefore more space would be available to incarcerate dangerous violent felons.
2) The money spent on interdiction efforts could be either saved or if necessary, channeled into rehabilitation programs.
If we went the full drug decriminalization route, there would be some additional benefits:
1) Money that is now illegal and untaxable would be taxable.
2) There would be far less drug-related violence, as when you remove the profit motive you remove the incentive to kill others for profit.
3) Far fewer people would die of overdoses from adulterated drugs, because the drug purity would be regulated.
So why aren’t we doing the sensible thing?
Filed Under Politics | 5 Comments
Isn’t the Tamil Rehabilitation Organization on a Terror Watch List and hasn’t the government of Sri Lanka been?
the real shaz asked:
been relocating people that have been displaced by the floods for several days? Infact the government had an emergency preparedness program established and had moved countless residents from several affected areas prior to the monsoon. So why is it that coverage of those events are non-existent but the coverage of an organization with proven terrorist links is given coverage by international media?
http://www.slmission.com/media-releases/other-media-releases/38-other-media-releases/218–tro-funds-forfeited-to-the-state.html
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Colombo2C-Sri-Lanka-Sri-Lankan-government/photo//081128/481/deb8b496fa2141b18cd26efcc30dcee8//s:/ap/20081129/ap_on_re_as/as_sri_lanka_floods;_ylt=Ajzhi2J00ej.qDn4FBTlNC9bsa8F
Filed Under Current Events | 3 Comments
does anybody have the contact info for the VA central office?
Kismet asked:
i have a civilian inquiry about physical rehabilitation programs for veterans and couldn’t find any contact information that didn’t have to do with claims or benefits. thanks!
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Should the U.S. develop programs that focus more on rehabilitation than punishment?
butterfly asked:
would this method reduce its rate of incarceration
Filed Under Law & Ethics | 3 Comments
Obama’s “Spread the Wealth”, does that mean making up new welfare programs?
robert asked:
Welfare (financial aid), financial assistance paid by taxpayers to people who are unable to support themselves.
Workfare, an alternative model requiring recipients to participate in work-rehabilitation programs
The purported main goal of workfare is to generate a “net contribution” to society from welfare recipients.
Most commonly, this means getting unemployed people into paid work, reducing or eliminating welfare payments to them and creating an income that generates taxes. Furthermore, it is argued that once a person has recent employment experience, even at entry level, they are better able to obtain gainful, long term employment. Welfare to work programs aim to break the cycle of poverty where welfare dependence can become a way of life.
Workfare participants retain certain employee rights throughout the process.
Some workfare systems also aim to derive contribution from welfare recipients by more direct means. These systems obligate unemployed people to undertake work that is beneficial to their community. The rationale behind these programmes is twofold; Firstly, taxpayers may feel that they get “more value for their welfare dollar” when they observe welfare recipients working for benefits, making such programs more politically popular. Secondly, putting unemployed people into a workplace-like environment attempts to address the argument that one of the biggest barriers to employment for the long-term unemployed is their lack of recent workforce experience.
In the late twentieth century, a perception grew that existing welfare systems were becoming excessively bureaucratic and inefficient.
The United States Social Security system has come under particular criticism, and many political figures, such as George W. Bush, have argued for a more work-based system of welfare provision.
So would the “share the wealth” re-do, re-define, re-examine and possibly re-call the whole welfare system and introduce Workfare as the new program to assist those who have less weath to share?
How would this effect Social welfare provision, government programs that seek to provide a minimum level of income, service or other support for disadvantaged peoples .
Filed Under Elections | 5 Comments
If authorities *unlawfully* discover that you committed a crime?
Simfish InquilineKea asked:
Then will you be charged with the crime if such crime is reported to authorities?
Say you commit a victimless crime that is a felony (say, possessing Schedule I drugs) and you’re not on a rehabilitation program. You disclose that you’ve committed it to your psychologist. Your psychologist, by law, cannot disclose information to outsiders unless you’re in danger of hurting others. If the psychologist discloses it to authorities, then will you be charged with such crimes?
Filed Under Law & Ethics | 1 Comment
Would a “scared straight” program be just as effective in assisting with mental health issues as therapy?
redcarpetden asked:
Say, take a person that’s dealing with mental health issues or perhaps involved in self destructive behaviors and get them involved in a “scared straight” program. If such programs are able to assist in the rehabilitation of youths involved in unlawful behavior who would otherwise have been headed for jail, would this type of program help the mental health of those dealing with sexual abuse, depression, etc,…?
Filed Under Mental Health | 5 Comments
Disabled American Veterans, traumatic brain injured?
Chuck G asked:
I’m a Vietnam era DAV veteran, and I would like to hear from some retuning TBI or PTSD contemporay veterans who are having difficulty transitioning from active to disabled military status. I’m a volunteer at the Nsahville VAMC, and have not met any of you brave men & women who may have a very trying time navigating the DOD & VA systems. I’m experienced as I was fortunate enough to have completed the VA rehabilitation program. Thank you for your service, I look foreward to hearing from you.
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Filed Under Mental Health | 1 Comment
Guess who showed on the Saudi Arabia most wanted list?
Dina W asked:
A Saudi government spokesman says 11 of the Saudis on its recently issued most wanted list are former Guantanamo detainees.
Gen. Mansour al-Turki of the Saudi Interior Ministry told The Associated Press on Wednesday that among the 85 people listed by the government, 11 had been released from the U.S. detention facility in Cuba and passed through government-sponsored rehabilitation programs.
Filed Under Politics | 6 Comments
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