What Is the Role of a Drug Intervention Specialist?

Question by ashtyn s: What is the role of a drug intervention specialist?
Why are drug interventions done when the person can just undergo addiction treatment?

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Answer by darla n
The role of a drug intervention specialist is to facilitate a drug intervention for the drug dependent and his loved ones. An intervention specialist can also take charge of doing programs that will tackle issues about drug abuse in order for people, especially teenagers, to shy away from using drugs.

Drug interventions are done precisely to get the individual undergo addiction treatment.

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