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Substance Abuse

This article explores three key organizations in Pontiac, Michigan, dedicated to combating substance abuse: Catholic Social Services of Oakland County, Alcoholics Anonymous, and Narcotics Anonymous. Catholic Social Services offers professional counseling, foster care, and community outreach programs. Alcoholics Anonymous focuses on helping individuals achieve sobriety through a twelve-step program, while Narcotics Anonymous provides support for those struggling with addiction. Together, these organizations address the growing crisis of substance abuse in the community, offering crucial resources and services.

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Substance Abuse

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  1. Substance Abuse Service Learning by Drew Zamanigian

  2. Organizations • Why I chose three? • The organizations • Catholic Social Services of Oakland County • Alcoholics Anonymous • Narcotics Anonymous • Location • Pontiac

  3. Catholic Social Services of Oakland County • Located in Pontiac, Michigan • Offers Professional Services • Develops Relationships With The Community • Non-Profit • Offers services such as: • Counseling • Foster Care • Adoption • Elderly Services • Hispanic Outreach Program

  4. Alcoholics Anonymous • Located in Pontiac • Goals to help recover Alcoholics • “primary purpose...to stay sober and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety.” • Twelve Step Program • 6 Different Types of Meetings

  5. Narcotics Anonymous • Located in Pontiac • Similar to A.A. • Designed to keep addicts clean • Twelve Traditions Program • Only two types of meetings…

  6. Substance Abuse in Pontiac • Cocaine • Heroin • Marijuana • MDMA • OxyCotin • Alcoholism

  7. Cocaine • Largest Threat • Pontiac has high levels of trafficking and availability • Controlled by Mexicans and Domican DTOs • Connections to Columbian Cartels and African American organizations

  8. Heroin and MDMA • Largely Available in Pontiac • South-American heroin • Traffickers are commonly Nigerian, African American, and Hispanics • MDMA directly connected to Netherlands, commonly found in Pontiac Night Clubs

  9. Marijuana • The Most Common Drug • Found Anywhere Mainly in High Schools • Traffickers usually are African American organizations

  10. OxyCotin • Increased Demand • Perscriptions raised 31 percent in 2006 • 30 State in the Nation Of Consumption Rates • 2002 only 37 charges related, 2003 60 charges.

  11. Drug-Violation Arrests 2002-2006

  12. Quick Pontiac Charts

  13. Educational Attainment

  14. My Observations • Catholic Social Service • Office Supplies! • Caucasian Teenage Girls • Counseling • Alcoholics Anonymous • Open Speaker and Open Discussion Meetings • Diversity • 30’s and Older • Narcotics Anonymous • Younger Crowd • Caucasian Teenage Girls • Courted Ordered

  15. Questions? Thanks for listening!

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