September Is Recovery Month: Telling Our Stories to Heal RecoveryBy Promises Behavioral HealthSeptember 16, 2014When I was 5 years old, I changed my name to Susan Cinderella and invented a world where a cat was my mother and all the other grown-ups were animals, too. I loved climbing trees, wearing my brother’s too-big Levis overalls and running in soybean fields without shoes. I sniffed the roadside buttercups. I wanted…
Trauma Expert: ‘Do Not Watch’ Beheading Videos Culture & Media, FeaturedBy Promises Behavioral HealthSeptember 16, 2014The beheading by terrorists of a third hostage over the weekend with threats to kill other captives prompted psychological experts to warn the public that viewing the ghastly videos can cause trauma. The slaying of British aid worker David Cawthorne Haines – which Prime Minister David Cameron called “evil” – was seen in a video…
District of Columbia Downgrades Marijuana Penalties AddictionBy Promises Behavioral HealthSeptember 16, 2014In July 2014, a new District of Columbia law came into effect that made possession of marijuana a civil offense rather than a criminal offense. The law was approved by the D.C. council in the spring, but it had to pass a 60-day congressional review period before becoming active.
