Ivins Therapist Duley in Articles on Overdoses - One called "The Legal Killers"

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Ivins Therapist Duley in Articles on Overdoses - One called "The Legal Killers"

Her substance abuse license required that she be 18 years of age and have an associates degree. She had to work under supervision and apparently, by the state listing, wasn't able to practice independently. I'd assumed that she was Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) but this is a lesser degree.

So Duley worked at the Comprehensive Counseling Associates. She's a Bachelor of Social Work and CSC - AD. Here is what her credentialing means in the state of Maryland:

Certified Supervised Counselor-Alcohol and Drug (CSC-AD):
http://www.ceattc.org/md_certification.asp#CSC-AD
- At least 18 years of age
- Associates degree in Health or Human Services counseling field or completed a program of studies judged by the Board to be substantially equivalent in subject matter and extent of training
- 15 credits, including a minimum 1 credit Ethics in A&D counseling course
- 2 years, 2,000 hours. 1 year must be after the award of the degree
- MACCB/ICRC-AODA exam
- Practice under the supervision of a CPC-AD or other supervisor approved by the Board AND while an employee of a JCAHO or Maryland State accredited program

Isn't it ironic that she specialized in treating narcotic addictions and discussed the dangers of overdoses.

TheFrederickPost.Com
http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?storyID=76901

The legal killers
Two-thirds of county�s accidental drug deaths in 2005-06 related to narcotic painkillers

(Pictured, Jean Duley, therapist who
was to testify against Ivins)

By Ashley Andyshak
News-Post Staff
Originally published June 29, 2008

Forty people died of drug overdoses in Frederick County in 2005 and 2006, and just four were deemed intentional suicides, according to autopsy reports reviewed by The Frederick News-Post at the Maryland Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
The number of accidental drug overdose deaths in the United States rose from 11,155 in 1999 to 22,400 in 2005, according to Leonard J. Paulozzi of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who testified to Congress about the growing problem this spring.
And some of the main culprits may be in your own medicine cabinet.
Prescription drugs were the main cause of 45 percent of accidental overdoses in 2005, the most recent data available from the CDC, and painkillers accounted for nearly all of these. A study published last fall in the Archives of Internal Medicine showed oxycodone alone killed 5,548 people between 1998 and 2005, making it the deadliest drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
Narcotic painkillers contributed to 25 of the deaths of Frederick County residents who died in 2005 and 2006.

Up close and personal

TheFrederickPost.Com
http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?StoryID=76902

Suboxone provides promising treatment for prescription addicts

By Ashley Andyshak
News-Post Staff

The lifestyles of Jean Duley's clients run the gamut: long-time street drug users, those who were prescribed powerful painkillers after an injury or operation and are now addicted, and middle-class housewives who abuse prescriptions, to name a few.

"Prescription drug abuse is the biggest kept secret," said Duley, program director at Comprehensive Counseling Associates in Frederick. "It's a lot more prevalent than people can imagine." Snip

Others prescribe painkillers too loosely. Duley said some of the center's suboxone clients have Percocet "handed to them like candy for every little ache and pain -- it's a culture of doctors not paying attention. The worst is OxyContin. That drug -- is so highly addictive, it's so difficult to come off of."
Some people can stop taking suboxone after a few months, but most continue for as much as a year before weaning themselves off, Levy said. For others, it becomes a lifelong maintenance drug.