What you will learn?
About the course
Gain a better understanding of the various drugs of abuse, the pharmacology, side effects, and long term efffects. Learn more about how drug addiction forms and the physical and chemical processes that facilitate addiction. Learn more about researched backed treatment approaches to the disease of addiction.
This course is approved by the Georgia Addiction Counselor's Association for 6.5 Continuing Education Units.
About the teacher
Desiree Cochran-Norfolk
Assessor/Counselor
Desiree Cochran is a Certified Addiction Counselor II, Certified Clinical Supervisor, and Certified Master Addiction Counselor through the Georgia Addiction Counselor's Association and is a certified anger management facilitator through the Department of Community Supervision. She is also certified as a MCAP through the Florida Certification Board. She completed her Masters in Addiction Counseling at Liberty University. She is certified to teach DUI school, parenting, ASAM treatment for all levels, and all Prime Solutions Classes including the marijuana course. Desiree is also training to become a certified facilitator for the Georgia Commission on Family Violence to facilitate Domestic Violence Intervention Programs.
