clark, final thoughts. well, i think again, the whole topic in terms of dealing with prescription drugs, whether it's opiates or tranquilizers, making sure we keep in mind inhalants because there are some therapeutic inhalants that people use for colds and other situations, and, of course, the topic of medical marijuana so that our kids don't start thinking that "oh gee, if i can-if a doctor prescribes it for chronic pain or a medical condition, i should run out and start doing marijuana." it's an important message. prescription drugs, as dr. condon said, and there's others, safe and effective when used as prescribed, and that is the phrase that we want to promote. thank you. thank you. and we want to remind our audience that september is national alcohol and drug addiction recovery month, a month where not only do we deal with wonderful events but we also deal with some of the issues that we talked about today, with the stigma associated with addiction and addiction treatment, so we want to encourage every

clark's point is right on. a medicine cabinet in 2009 has a different connotation than it did with my parents' generation. and back then it was where you kept the medicines that were very, you know-you mentioned the word- we needed to respect them, but as the culture has changed with supplements and advertisements and, yes, we encourage people to get medications for their ailments, and we have many more lifesaving medications available when appropriately-. the medicine cabinet's no longer that sacred place where you store things. in fact, i would maintain, personal observation, we don't even have a medicine cabinet. we have them all-we have medications in drawers, on counters. and i bet you most families, in fact, probably do the same thing. that's correct. and talking about what we keep in the medicine cabinet, i'm intrigued about an off-camera conversation we were having related to medical marijuana, that some states are allowing medical marijuana to come in, and dr. condon, you wanted to make some observatio

clark, when is a person categorized as homeless?he most important thing is to recognize that when a person lacks a permanent, fixed residence, they meet the category of homeless. now, there are a number of temporary arrangements that people have; for instance, it's estimated that roughly 1.6 million people are living in transitional or shelters, and they also meet the definition of homeless. so it's-we're looking for people who have permanent, fixed residence, and if you don't have that, then you're defined as homeless. and dr. milby, can you sort of take us through those categories a little bit? well, there're, there're lots of services that are provided for the homeless, from basic emergency shelters that just provide overnight stay, and people have to leave after-usually serve breakfast and then have to leave after. there are shelters that are more permanent and give people a chance to find more permanent housing. there are shelters also for women with children, for example, so whole families can stay in a sheltered situation. so

use of the conversation with wesley clark. what did you make of his reticence to just say this was an abject failure? >> he is a military man. people were given orders to go over there and fight. he will not be smirch our military, but from a policy standpoint it was a disaster. when you think about what is going on with this terrible recession, i believed it might have been blunt it had we not billions of dollars into that. it might have been used to invest in new technologists and green jobs. it was an absolute disaster from every standpoint. tavis: how do progressives like you support president obama juxtapose his keeping his campaign promise to pull out of iraq but increasing in afghanistan? >> afghanistan is a tricky place because they were the breeding ground for the group that bombed us on 9/11 so we had to respond. but that is a sinkhole there. we have seen great societies go down. tavis: the graveyard of empires. >> i feel like we have to see if -- is such an unstable part of the world with pakistan with nuclear weapo

westley clark, u.s. department of health and human services, substance abuse and mental health services administration, center for substance abuse treatment. dr. jane maxwell, senior research professor, university of texas at austin, golf coast addiction technology transfer center; lisa mojer-torres, esquire, consumer advocate, faces & voices of recovery; mark parrino, founder and president, american association for the treatment of opiod dependence (aatod). dr. clark, let's talk a little bit about medication-assisted therapies and how they're used. well there are a number of medications that are used to help facilitate recovery from substance use disorders. the most popular and most prominent would be buprenorphine and methadone. but there are also medications used for the treatment of alcohol. examples of that would be naltrexone and the camprosate or disulfiram. what they're used to do is to either facilitate the recovery of persons through maintenance, as with methadone or buprenorphine, to facilitat

clark?ell, i think that's one of the things that we need to include. the word prevention, preventing homelessness or preventing some of the problems associated with homelessness, by addressing the homeless situation early. so, clearly, in order to prevent homelessness, you need to know the root cause, you need to be able to deal with the root cause. if the precipitating root cause has to do with substance use, then dealing with substance use would help prevent homelessness. if it is to deal with mental health issues, like depression, anxiety, trauma, then you want to deal with that. or, once a person becomes homeless, it's important to recognize that that person then is more vulnerable to substance use, more vulnerable to some psychological reactions. and part of the intervention, part of the services that richard talked about, is beginning to address some of the psychological issues and the substance use issues so that you don't develop more compound or complex mental health or co-occurring

clark was talking about is extremely high. just because it's a prescription drug doesn't mean that it's a safe drug. and i think where, you know, you add over-the-counter medications and other medicines or herbal medications to that, and we're seeing a very serious problem with prescription drug abuse. one of the things also that just was touched upon is that individuals at different age groups, and we know this from pharmacology, they metabolize the drugs, medications, drugs differently. and a dose that was tested in a young adult, let's say, for a particular purpose, may not be metabolized the same way by an elderly person, in fact, it's unlikely that it is. so the same dose may have a very different effect, and that's where this combination or drug-drug interaction actually comes in, and oftentimes we do see, unfortunately, the headlines when it's somebody who's a star or a celebrity, but that's where a lot of this is coming. i recall that a few years back, i would say around four or five years ago at csat we did do the rig

clark, i think josh has made a very good point. can you describe for us what-within the united states, what the programs look like right now that serve co-occurring disorders? well, i think one of the most important things is, as mark pointed out, and that is funding is the key issue. and we have a delivery system that has had different origins. the mental health delivery system, the public mental health delivery system, is generally state-funded through medicaid, medicare, and to a lesser degree the block grant, and focuses on people with severe and persistent mental illness. in other words, there are two tests you have to meet in order to get access to care. one, you have to-there's a means test which means if you make too much money you can't access the public mental health system; and, two, there's a severity test. if you don't have a mental health condition of sufficient severity, you can't really access the public mental health delivery system. on the other hand, the substance abuse delivery system is principally funded by pu

clark has just said? i think i would say, you know, you look at what are the other problems; what's going on. have you got a job? is your family happy? are you. everything's perfect except the fact that you can't quit using this drug, or have you got all these other problems that need to be addressed that you're going to need some help with? do you need help with stable housing and help with getting a job? in which case, depending on what your needs are, you might go to office-based or you might go to a full-fledged narcotic treatment program, because you need that range of services. the office-based has been proven to be very good for stable patients who have worked through a lot of their problems and just need to maintain their abstinence and to be able to not face the cues or the relapse. but if you got a lot of problems though you need to go to a narcotic treatment program. and within the context, dr. clark, of the recovery-oriented systems of care as dr. maxwell just said, if someone really does need

clark. the point that josh is making is a critical one but that's why you need a comprehensive recovery system, because someone can - the advocate or the act team or the pac team-can help negotiate that. the consumer/patient has some responsibilities in the issue, and what that individual needs is to buy some time. but also needs to be able to demonstrate a willingness to become compliant. as you pointed out with regard to substance use, because in order to continue my habit i'm often stealing or i'm appropriating things and i'm acting out. and so the family members get exhausted. so with- and fearful -and fearful. and with advocates and community action teams, what you've got are individuals who can help negotiate that relationship. and that's why a comprehensive approach is an important one. we want this person to be able to reunite with his family but we also need to acknowledge that the family members that have gone through a lot by the time the person presents to the treatment system. s

clark. what does culture sensitive mean? if someone is listening to this show, what does it mean to be culture sensitive? we've heard from our speakers addressing the cultural differences and the culture sensitivity means that the clinician particular or the recovery dynamic recognizes that a person's life experiences have to be taken into consideration, so the idioms, the beliefs, the perceptions, the mores, all of those things. so you may make an assumption based on your own culture that has nothing to do with this other person's life experiences. as was pointed out - food, for instance, is often a cultural dynamic and you can assume that here's a dish that everyone relates to and it actually may be so alien to the person that you're trying to help that they don't understand what you're trying to accomplish. so cultural competence is what we're trying to foster, recognizing the diversity of cultural experiences. and in the substance abuse arena, what we are trying to facilitate is that recovery and in the mental health are

friends gathered near the spot where jimon clark was shot and killed. oakland police say a man came up to clark and his friend as they were walking along bancroft near 67th street. investigators don't know why the man shot at them. clark died but his friend was not hurt. >> as a mother, living in this community, seeing the kids in the neighborhood every day, it really hurt my heart. >> clark's murder is the sixth homicide this past week in oakland. >>> new video of the 33 men trapped in a mine in chile. several of the miners can be seen playing cards and in relatively good spirits. clothes, medicine and games have been sent to the men 2300 feet below ground. outside the mine, relatives were in tears at the sight of their loved ones. a cave-in trapped the minors august 5th. they had not been heard from until rescuers made contact on sunday through a hole six inches wide. >>> rescuers are searching for clues in the east bay where the alameda county sheriff's department found a man's body near mission boulevard and niles canyon. investigators are treating

clark, i think it has to go beyond the recovery month. i mean, recovery month is fantastic and we certainly support it, but really what do ethnic, racial, and special populations need to be cognizant of that maybe they are not yet? well i think, as with any population, what we're trying to foster is this understanding that we're dealing with powerfully reinforcing psychoactive substances when we talk about the misuse of alcohol, when we talk about the use of methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, or prescription drugs. and that the person who is at risk is anybody in the community. so from a prevention point of view, you understand that and from a recovery oriented point of view, it's not just the individual who is the beneficiary, that individual's family is very important. especially when you're dealing with racial and ethnic groups, family becomes very important. so the family benefits and then the community as a whole, as william was pointing out, the community not only contributes to the recovery of the individual who has the alcohol and

clark would have turned 14 this coming wednesday.nd, terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> terry, thanks a lot. >> 6:56. final check on weather and traffic. mike? >> there we go! temperatures are going to run in the mid to upper 60s around san mateo, san francisco and richmond. low 60s along the coast, the only place it will be a little warmer today. we'll have sunshine this afternoon, low to mid-70s around the bay but 70 the inment south bay, 80 in the north bay and mid-80s in the east bay valleys. cloudy tomorrow with drizzle in the morning. >> friday light throughout the bay area. take a look at walnut creek. this is 680. no problems heading into the san ramon valley. commuting into san francisco on the bay bridge. a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights were never turned on this morning. a beautiful ride making your way through the tolls and heading into san francisco. no delays in mass transit as well. i think it's a friday! >> it is a friday and cooler heads prevailing this weekend. that does it for this ted additio

i am dave clark. >> good morning. i am pam cook. let's start with weather, mark tamayo is in for steve. >> temperatures will continue to cool off, especially inland, no more 90s, warmest locations lower 80s, southwesterly wind to 25 miles an hour an hour and we will continue to cool up. i will have that in a few minutes. sal has an update on traffic. >> traffic looks good in san francisco. that is a live picture of 101 approaching the 80 split. the traffic is at the speed limit. this morning if you are looking at driving on 24 or 680 in conray cost that county that commute is off to a nice start. back to the desk. >> family and friends gathered on the streets of oakland last night for an emotional candlelight vigil. they came to honor a homicide victim just 13 years old. aman clark was a middle school track star getting ready to begin high school next week. wednesday night someone shot him in the head while he was walking down bancroft avenue with his twin brother, there is now a $15,000 reward in the search for his killer. >> right

this memorial for jamin clark has been growing every day. with people coming to write thoughts on t-shirts and adding gifts, including teddy bears. the track star's family came to the scene this morning and spoke out about their loss. >> it's crazy because we just don't know why. it's crazy how one day we see him smiling and laughing, then the next day we're looking at him laying on the ground with a bullet in his head. >> reporter: just before 9:30 wednesday night, jamin was walking to a gas station with a friend when someone opened fire and hit him in the head. >> it wasn't like he was gang related, it was like he's dead for nothing and it's not right. >> reporter: i met with oakland police homicide who declined to go on camera. they say they've been working hard on this case though they've been sifting through a lot of rumors. we spoke to his twin brother jivon. >> reporter: jivon, how are you doing? >> bad. >> i really connected with the young man because i see him and his twin brother, you know before that was just like me and my twin b

reporter: the oakland police department calling this a high priority case while close friends of jamin clark are calling it an emotional loss like no other. candles were lit, tears were shed and messages written. these are a group of young cases memorializing a young friend. >> i knew him from a program called real lights, so he was a good friend. >> i'm going to miss him, i always saw him at the ymca and he made me laugh. >> reporter: friends and family think that clark may have been set up. he said someone called him just moments before he died telling him to go fill a gas tank. >> even if we knew who did it, we wouldn't tell y'all, because it's not in the game. but if police catch him. if not, you live by the gun, you die by the gun. >> you have to get what you deserve. >> reporter: clark's uncle walter says that he was all about sports. >> he was going to be good because he went beyond the call of duty. if i said two laps, he would do three laps. >> reporter: a young boy headed to skyline high that today is remembered by the ones he loved. >> the people out here, they don't care about wh

reporter: the oakland police department calling this a high priority case while close friends of jamin clark are calling it an emotional loss like no other. candles were lit, tears were shed and messages written. these are a group of young cases memorializing a young friend. >> i knew him from a program called real lights, so he was a good friend. >> i'm going to miss him, i always saw him at the ymca and he made me laugh. >> reporter: friends and family think that clark may have been set up. he said someone called him just moments before he died telling him to go fill a gas tank. >> even if we knew who did it, we wouldn't tell y'all, because it's not in the game. but if police catch him. if not, you live by the gun, you die by the gun. >> you have to get what you deserve. >> reporter: clark's uncle walter says that he was all about sports. >> he was going to be good because he went beyond the call of duty. if i said two laps, he would do three laps. >> reporter: a young boy headed to skyline high that today is remembered by the ones he loved. >> the people out here, they don't care about wh

29 sunset bus and tried to intervene when clark slapped the woman.he victim was stabbed several times but wounds are not life threatening. police were able to identify clark from the bus' surveillance footage. >>> time now 5:33. if the state legislature passes a bill this month parents could face jail time and stiff fines if their children skip school. the oakland school district reports more than 18% of its students in kindergarten through the eighth grade missed at least five full days of school without being excused during the past school year. now parents could face misdemeanor charges if their children miss 10% of the school year. >>> in san francisco has been officially evicted by san francisco but the club's lawyer says they're not going anywhere. that club on pier 50 has been the scene of three shootings in three years including july 19th. jelly's failed to improve security and gave the club until midnight last night to vacate that building. the owners have gone to court. they're claiming the port terminated their lease only after they discov

police arrested kyle clark of san francisco tuesday night.nvestigators say the victim a 35-year-old man says he saw the suspect and the young woman arguing at the back of the 29 sunset bus and he tried to intervene when clark slapped the woman. the victim was stabbed several times. his wounds though are not life threatening. police were able to identify clark from the bus' surveillance video. >>> if the state legislature passes this month parents could face jail time and hefty fines if their kids skip school. the oakland school district reports nearly 18% of its students in kindergarten through the eighth grade missed at least five full days of school without excused absences in the past school year. parents can now face misdemeanor charges if the children miss 10% of the school year if the legislature passes that legislation. >>> it is 6:38. the owners of jelly's dance club in san francisco were supposed to be out of the city owned building at midnight, but the club's lawyer says they are not going anywhere. the club on pier 50 has been the

---''kyle clark'', de 18 aÑos de edad, fue detenido por presuntamente apuÑalar a un hombre de 35 aÑosobus en el distrito sunset.---segun la policia, "clark" viajaba con una mujer a la que comenzo a golpear, y cuando la victima intento intervenir, la apuÑalo varias veces en el torso.---se espera que el hombre se recupere de las heridas que sufrio. ---un residente de oakland que el viernes pasado atropello a un ciclista enfrenta cargos de homicio sin premeditacion, de conducir bajo la influencia del alcohol, y de darse a la fuga despues de provocar un accidente.---segun la policia de san francisco, un turista de alemania de 21 aÑos de edad murio tras ser arroyado por el auto que conducia "joshua calder".---"calder" huyo, pero fue arrestado a dos cuadras del lugar del accidente. ---el escanadalo de abuso sexual por parte de miembros del clero llego a oakland. ---dos presuntas victimas del cura "stephen kiesle" demandaron a la diocesis de oakland.---una de las querellantes, quien es hijastra del acusado, dice que el cura la violo desde el año 1973 hasta 2001, y agrega que abuso de varios

>>clark: that is very true. very soul destroying. >>reporter: for just that reason, others opt for a more personal touch when it comes to delivery. >>godfrey: we'd put it in the car or the van and drive it to the clients door. >>reporter: how far are we talking here? >>godfrey: anything up to 1000, 1500 miles. >>reporter: now, top model makers can earn around 70000 dollars a year...so it's not a job that'll turn you into a millionaire. >>reporter: 20 or 30 of these at a few thousand pounds a pop. >>godfrey: yes, something like that. >>reporter: so that's a good contract. >>godfrey: yes it is a good contract. >>reporter: you must be a very wealthy man. >>godfrey: chance'd be a fine thing. i wish. >>reporter: but it is a profession that seems to offer rewards well beyond the purely financial. >>clark: it is very rewarding seeing the inception of a model into the real thing. >>godfrey: it is lovely to turn up at a client and watch their faces as they're ooohing and aahhhing over all the little bits of detail. all the little cabin detail

. >> 13-year-old clark was gunned down on his way home from trying to help a friend. laura is live at oakland police headquarters with the latest on the investigation for us. laura? >>reporter: hi carolyn. police have yet to make any arrest in this case. in the meap time there was a small vigil tonight in the neighborhood where jamar clark was gunned down last night. gave folk as chance to come out and express their sorrow at the loss of someone so young. so full of promise. first there were just a few. then many more people gathered on oakland bancroft avenue until the crowds spilled into the street. they came to pay their respects to 13-year-old clark. gunned down here 24 hours earlier. many here were classmates of his at 46 middle school. >> why him? he was he wasn't even doing nothing. mipingd his business. >> enough is enough. 13 year old guy. the i mean, i know him. >> i just heard gunfire. >>reporter: this woman told us she heard 5 or 6 gunshots and then the sound of foot steps running from where the boy's body lay on the sidewalk. >> people are just actually w

friends and family held a vigil last night for jimon (jim-ahn) clark. it was near 61st and bancroft avenues, where he was shot wednesday night. those who knew him described him as a star athlete, who also enjoyed doing magic tricks and religious activities. "it weakens you in the knees that here we are, back on page one with the violence and the corruption in our community. instead of laying off 80 police officers, they should be hiring more police officers to help curcumvent the crime that's still out there on our streets." jimon clark was shot as he and his 15-year-old brother walked to a gas station to help a friend. investigators say the gunman went through the teenager's pockets and stole two dollars, before running off. computer giants hewlett- packard and dell are in a bidding war over a small company in fremont. this morning, palo alto-based h-p got a leg up on the competition. it increased its offer for "3-par incorporated"... nearly two billion dollars. matt bigler explains why these big corporations are willing to pay so much, for a little kn

i'm dave clark. it is friday august.l, a bitter labor dispute between firefighters and the city is raising concerns about public safety. jay hernandez is joining us now with an update. i know you've talked with the union officials. good morning, jane. >> reporter: i did. nora compo spoke to us this morning. she told us she's upset the city decided to lay off 49 firefighters last month, and this morning, she says the mayor is playing political games with firefighters. we are live in front of city hall in san jose. highlighting this issue, take a look at this. three fires yesterday morning erupting in a two-hour period, leaving firefighters struggling to get to them. response times shot up from 8 minutes to 10 minutes, longer than the department's target time. firefighters say yesterday's strain proves the city is risking public safety. mayor chuck reed defended the city's layoffs and says the residents are safe. the city is willing to reinstate the firefighters, though, if and only if the union agrees to take an almost 9%

. >> reporter: clark's future turned tragic last night at 61st and bancroft avenues. police say he and a friend were walking down the street around 9:30 last night. someone approached and opened fire, killing clark. >> twins, all they do is play football and go to school, church, too. and if you know it's a hot summer, we don't start no problems. he was a good kid, though. >> reporter: clark's family gathered at the spot where he was killed. >> he was only 14. smoor the oakland police union believes more police officers on the street could help stop some of this violence. union officials released information last night that violent crime shot up 9% since 08 cops were let go last month. >> it's true. when you're looking at stats, just taking a one-po period of stats, it's not going to tell us much. now, if you look at year to date, we are 16% down from the time last year. >> police, it don't matter if you hired 8,000 of them. can't be everywhere at once. >> reporter: i've been in the neighborhood all day long talking to a lot of people. so many rumors about what happen

last night that vigil you were talking about going on for 13-year-old javan clark. he was shot on 61st avenue. a friend called to ask for help getting gas. javan and his brother went to help. relatives are saying that it was a setup. the whole thing was set up to get javan out of the house so he could be shot. he died a few blocks from the middle school where he was a track star. on monday he was supposed to start school at skyline high. wednesday he would have turned 14. that's not gonna happen now, obviously. shootings out here are not unusual and some young folks say it's just a tough place to live. >> hard times out here, that's all. i just gotta watch over myself and pray to god that i can live another day. >> chilling words from a young person. the backdrop on all this is hours before javan was killed, oakland police union issued a statement saying that crime is up since the city laid off 80 police officers last month to bridge a $40 million deficit. a union rep says he's not trying to say that more police mean fewer homicides, but city councilman if a went te

they say it happened after the victim tried to break up a fight between clark and a woman in the back of the bus. clark is being held in lieu of $90,000 bail. >>> eight eviction notice has sent eight popular san francisco nightclub but the nightclub owners say they are not going anywhere and that means the battle will end up in court. >> port of san francisco says today marks the end of the jelly's lease and a terminated the leas file liens date the series of high-profile of violent crimes including homicide. >> we have had three shootings in or around the club in the last two years and this is port property. >> reporter: although jelly's was closed today it shows no signs of closing for good. glasses are stacked and defense have been scheduled until next month. the owner says they have no intention of shutting down. >> that's right. >> reporter: in june but poor asked jelly's to repair a leaking pipes but when they made those repairs they noticed pipes blondie to the port making into the bay and when the client spoke up the release problems began. >> this is retaliatory and an effort