How to Become a Drug Addiction Counselor?

Question by Starlight Bev: How to become a drug addiction counselor?
What do I need to major in? Where are the best colleges for this? And the most important question of all, can you become a counselor if you have a criminal record (mainly with drugs). The thing is I want to help people, because I have been through drug addiction and everything else, so I know how to help people, I just need the certification…

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Answer by Master Blaster
Major in drug addiction first.

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