Mental health counselors also can obtain voluntary specialty credentialing as Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselors (CCMHCs) from the NBCC. To obtain this certification, NCCs must complete at least 60 hours of graduate coursework and at least two years and 3,000 hours of supervised clinical counseling experience.
On the other hand, morphine addicts can grow to tolerate over two grams a day, though it normally only takes 200 milligrams to induce a fatal overdose (60 in extreme cases). This is true whether someone becomes addicted through medical assistance or illicit attempts to get high.
If withdrawal symptoms develop to a level of great discomfort, methadone is prescribed. If the dosage of the abused drug is known, 1 mg of methadone can substitute for 2 to 4 mg of street heroin, 4 mg of morphine or 20 mg of meperidine (Demerol). If the level of abuse is not known, methadone is prescribed in a dosage of 10 to 15 mg per day taken orally.