OBNDD Selects SumTotal for Online Curriculum to Stem Drug Abuse

The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (OBNDD) has chosen SumTotal Systems' software to build an online curriculum to stem the abuse of drugs, specifically methamphetamines. OBNDD will develop and deliver Web-based courses with SumTotal's learning and content management systems. SumTotal's TotalLMS and TotalLCMS are part of a suite of software products that deliver, analyze and track training over the Internet. .

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Judge Hatchett: Child abuse amplified by drug abuse

Television's Judge Glenda Hatchett said the more we talk about child abuse, the better off we are. She visited Wayne State University yesterday to discuss child abuse and its effect on the community. Phyllis Ivory Vroom, Dean of the Wayne State University college of social work, called child abuse an “immense social issue," saying 30,000 Michigan children are victims of mistreatment each year, and 20,000 are in foster care. Vroom also said “children of color" are more likely to be in the child protection system and less likely than white children to be reunited with parents. Hatchett, who not “in her wildest dreams" envisioned becoming a judge, said “these are not just numbers, these are children." .

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Courtney Love Credits Gibson With Her Drug Addiction Recovery

New York, NY (AHN) - Noted actress and rock singer, Courtney Love said on Tuesday that Mel Gibson helped her on her road to recovery from drug addiction. The widow of rock legend Kurt Cobain, who has been sober for 15 months, said Gibson showed up unexpectedly at a Beverly Hills, California hotel where she was in the throws of a drug binge, and coaxed her to seek help. "Mel kept coming to the door with this cheesy grin going, `Hi!'" Love said on Tuesday on ABC's "Good Morning America." "I just kept looking at him going - I can't cuss - um, `Blank off!' ... I know him and he's a nice guy. It didn't matter who it was. It could have been Jesus. I didn't care," she said. The 42-year-old former lead singer for the band Hole, said that Gibson came with addiction counselor, Warren Boyd.

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