Addictions Task Force panel discussion set Wednesday at PCPL
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.