Addictions Task Force panel discussion set Wednesday at PCPL

Monday, January 29, 2018

Impacted community members and health professionals will discuss the opioid and substance use issues facing Putnam County in a panel discussion on Wednesday, Jan. 31 at the Putnam County Public Library, 103 E. Poplar St., Greencastle.

The 6-8 p.m. program is open to the public.

Opioids are the No. 1 killer among drugs in our nation today. In fact, 144 people will die today from a drug overdose. But what can we do to help?

Panelists will include Danielle Cummings, clinical therapist at Hamilton Center, matrix drug and alcohol group facilitator; Alicia Suarez, associate professor Department of Sociology and Anthropology, DePauw University; Janice Wilson-Dobbs, recovering addict and mother who lost a child to an overdose, nurse, substance use awareness and education advocate; Angelica Williams, Groups clinic coordinator; Amanda Barge, Monroe County commissioner; Brandon Drake, co-director at Courage to Change Sober Living intervention specialist, sober coach, founder CEO and treatment consultant at Keystone Interventions Group & Treatment Consulting; Sheila Holloway, mother, sister and cousin of those with substance use disorders, founder of Prescription for Life, substance use awareness and education advocate; and Karen Martoglio, executive director, Mental Health America of Putnam County.

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