Randolph Community College Substance Abuse Forum April 28 Offers Help For Families

Randolph Community College will host a half-day Substance Abuse Forum in April that is focused on helping the families of those with substance abuse problems. “Substance Abuse: A Family Issue” will be held from 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 28, in the R. Alton Cox Learning Resources Center auditorium on the Asheboro Campus.

Dr. Charles Betts of Asheboro (pictured) will be the keynote speaker for the Forum. His topic will be “Addiction—Medical & Emotional Viewpoints.” Dr. Betts earned his medical degree from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in 1968 and completed his residency at Charlotte Memorial Hospital in 1973. He is a member of the American College of Physicians, the N.C. Medical Society, and the Randolph County Medical Society. Dr. Betts has been the medical director for Hospice of Randolph County since 1984, and is the medical director for Graybrier Nursing Home and Clapps Convalescent Nursing Home. He has been chairman of the Pharmacy & Therapeutic Committee at Randolph Hospital since 1985.

For more on this event and how to register, go to http://www.randolph.edu/newevents/2012/2012-04-02a.php.