Now that the Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs (ADP) has completed its regulatory cycle by putting into place its new regulations for counselor certification, it is time for the California Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors to complete the mission of providing adequate consumer protection for all addicts seeking assistance in California. “We need licensure now!” said CAADAC President Warren Daniels. “Only one-half of the equation has been addressed through regulation—private practice was left untouched and those clients are left out in the cold where consumer protection and avenues for addressing abuse are concerned.”

The profession lost two stalwarts this past Fall. Memorial services were held August 21 for former Pasadena Council on Alcoholism executive director Jean Vandervoort Hubbard CADC II. Jean’s support of CAADAC and counselor certification is decades old.