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Help alleviate the devastating effects of opioid, heroin and/or substance abuse on your life. Don’t wait, all calls are confidential with caring individuals ready to help.
Our community-based outreach program is committed to helping individuals and families who are struggling with chemical dependency. Our staff is on-hand to “just talk” or to help connect individuals to the many treatment options right here in Greene County.
and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.”
Why is There an Opioid Epidemic?
- As of 2016, doctors were writing more than 289 million prescriptions“Facing Addiction in America”, U.S. Surgeon General (2016), 413 pp addiction.surgeongeneral.gov/surgeon-generals-report.pdf nationwide for opioids. These prescriptions were intended as temporary relief from major pain events.
- Due to the sedative effects on the part of the brain which regulates breathing, opioids in high doses sometimes cause respiratory failure and death. As a result, 146 people die from opioid overdose in the U.S every daywww.drugabuse.gov/related-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates.
- In 2016, there were 56,000 12- to-17-year-oldsSAMHSA Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, National Survey on Drug Use and Health. abusing prescription drugs in New York State.
Is It “That Bad” in Greene County? Yes!
- Greene County has the third highest rate of opioid overdose deathswww.health.ny.gov/statistics/opioid/data/d2.htm and second highest rate of heroin overdose deathswww.health.ny.gov/statistics/opioid/data/d3.htm in New York State.
- In New York State, Greene County has the ninth highest rate of emergency department visits involving opioid overdosewww.health.ny.gov/statistics/opioid/data/e2.htm.
- The number of overdoses is increasing. There were 62 opioid overdoses in 2016www.health.ny.gov/statistics/opioid/data/pdf/nys_jul17.pdf, pp 43 compared to 45 in 2015.
- People with an opioid addiction and who succumbed to an overdose are mostly white, working-class, and live in a rural areaSullivan, Andrew. “The Opioid Epidemic Is This Generation’s AIDS Crisis”, New York Magazine, March 16, 2017.
Stand Up For Recovery Day 2018!
Let’s have our voices be heard in Albany! – Empire State Convention Center – Albany, New York – March 6, 2018
Need Help?
Help alleviate the devastating effects of opioid, heroin and/or substance abuse on your life. Don’t wait, all calls are confidential with caring individuals ready to help.
Our community-based outreach program is committed to helping individuals and families who are struggling with chemical dependency. Our staff is on-hand to “just talk” or to help connect individuals to the many treatment options right here in Greene County.