Meth Impact on Addicts, Families Subject of Nov. 1 Workshop
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Staff Report-
The event, to be held Nov. 1 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Center Lake Pavilion, Warsaw, will be presented in a much different format than in previous workshops held over the past year.
The Meth Awareness Partnership wants to get back to the issue that started their existence to begin with: the raw human impact meth abuse has on the addicts, the families and friends of addicts, especially the children, and the community at large.
This workshop will feature two recovering meth cooks/addicts who will speak candidly about their experiences and how it has affected them and those around them. The presentations will be powerful and offer insight into how and why the meth problem is so pervasive in our area. Adequate time is also being left for a longer question-and-answer period from the audience.
Rich Haddad, president of the K21 Health Foundation, will serve as master of ceremonies for the event, “Meth, Killing a Community: the Human Impact.”
Haddad works closely with community leaders to discover and pursue ways to improve the county. He will join other leaders at the workshop to discuss the meth problem. Attendees will include legislators, concerned neighbors, parents, social services, law enforcement, the medical and legal professions, school representation, pharmacists, addicts and recovering addicts and their families, the media, business representation and retailers.
Kosciusko County continues to rank in the top three counties in the state for clandestine meth labs. Indiana also remains in the top three states in the nation for meth labs.
The event, sponsored by the United Way of Kosciusko County, the Serenity House, the Bowen Center, the Kosciusko Sheriff’s Department and Allegra Printing, is designed to challenge community members to get involved and to help fight the problem. A “call to action” will be handed out at the conclusion of the evening.
The business community is encouraged to attend to learn more about the costs of meth to county and tax payers.
For those who want to arrive a little early, a video reflecting the human impact of meth abuse will be shown as an introduction prior to the workshop.
Questions about the event can be directed Mary Gerard at the United Way at 574-269-2592 or [email protected]; to Jeff Smith at the Serenity House at 574-268-8688; or to Syracuse Town Marshal Tony Ciriello at 574-457-3366.[[In-content Ad]]
The event, to be held Nov. 1 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Center Lake Pavilion, Warsaw, will be presented in a much different format than in previous workshops held over the past year.
The Meth Awareness Partnership wants to get back to the issue that started their existence to begin with: the raw human impact meth abuse has on the addicts, the families and friends of addicts, especially the children, and the community at large.
This workshop will feature two recovering meth cooks/addicts who will speak candidly about their experiences and how it has affected them and those around them. The presentations will be powerful and offer insight into how and why the meth problem is so pervasive in our area. Adequate time is also being left for a longer question-and-answer period from the audience.
Rich Haddad, president of the K21 Health Foundation, will serve as master of ceremonies for the event, “Meth, Killing a Community: the Human Impact.”
Haddad works closely with community leaders to discover and pursue ways to improve the county. He will join other leaders at the workshop to discuss the meth problem. Attendees will include legislators, concerned neighbors, parents, social services, law enforcement, the medical and legal professions, school representation, pharmacists, addicts and recovering addicts and their families, the media, business representation and retailers.
Kosciusko County continues to rank in the top three counties in the state for clandestine meth labs. Indiana also remains in the top three states in the nation for meth labs.
The event, sponsored by the United Way of Kosciusko County, the Serenity House, the Bowen Center, the Kosciusko Sheriff’s Department and Allegra Printing, is designed to challenge community members to get involved and to help fight the problem. A “call to action” will be handed out at the conclusion of the evening.
The business community is encouraged to attend to learn more about the costs of meth to county and tax payers.
For those who want to arrive a little early, a video reflecting the human impact of meth abuse will be shown as an introduction prior to the workshop.
Questions about the event can be directed Mary Gerard at the United Way at 574-269-2592 or [email protected]; to Jeff Smith at the Serenity House at 574-268-8688; or to Syracuse Town Marshal Tony Ciriello at 574-457-3366.[[In-content Ad]]
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