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Cleveland Clinic panel discussion on opioids coming to Willoughby Hills

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A Cleveland Clinic panel discussion on the opioid crisis is coming to Willoughby Hills.

“Heroin, Fentanyl and Carfentanil: The Triple Threat at Our Doorstep” will be held June 28 in St. Noel’s Banquet Center, 35200 Chardon Road.

“Triple Threat” is a series of panel discussions that “bring residents, community partners and local experts together to engage in open conversation about the opioid epidemic” according to the Cleveland Clinic. The Clinic said the events “empower community members by connecting them to the resources and information they need to combat the opioid crisis.” [Read more…]

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Local, state and federal law enforcement agencies keep the peace by working together

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Just like robbers rob banks because that’s where the money is, and criminals don’t stop at the state line, law enforcement agencies at all levels work together regularly to investigate crimes and prosecute offenders.

From one-time bank robberies to suspected terrorist attacks and everything in between, law enforcement entities from local and county, to state and federal levels cooperate every day, according to the men and women who work in the industry.

“Local law enforcement has always worked with other agencies,” said Mentor Police Chief Kevin Knight in a May 31 telephone interview. “Everybody has their different areas of experience and expertise, so it’s just a natural thing that we help each other out. That’s how it is. That’s how it’s always been.” [Read more…]

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Chief deputy: Treatment, not arrest, best prescription for addiction

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Every day, Sgt. Shawn Pak saw the damage heroin and opioids cause in his job at the Franklin County jail. And the deputy with the county sheriff’s office believed addicts were responsible for their own misery.

“It was kind of businesslike, kind of a detached view,” Pak said.

That view changed, though, when the brother of Pak’s best friend became addicted to heroin, bringing to his family the pain and helplessness so many other families have suffered.

Pak changed his attitude after “seeing the pain in my best friend’s eyes” when he told Pak about the horror addiction imposed on his family. The family’s matriarch, who is like a second mother to Pak, is now terrified by the telephone.

“She told me, ‘Every time the phone rings, I’m expecting it be be the call that he’s dead,’” Pak said. [Read more…]

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Richland County collects 313 pounds of unused medication

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During National Drug Take Back Day on April 29, local law enforcement in Richland County collected a total of 313 pounds of unused or expired prescription medication. Across the METRICH region collected over 2,000 pounds of unused or expired prescription medication.

Richland County agencies that participated include Mansfield Police Department collected 167 pounds; Richland County Sheriff’s Office collected 45 pounds; Bellville Police Department collected 50 pounds; and Shelby Police Department collected 51 pounds.

In Ashland County, the Sheriff’s Office collected 270 pounds.

Originally published in the News Journal on May 10, 2017.

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Drop-off day caps drug collection drive

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Residents came out in steady numbers to police departments in Lorain County on Saturday with bags of expired or no longer needed prescription pills for a drug turn-in day.

Saturday’s collection accounted for the bulk of more than 4,000 pounds of pills collected from residents over the last six months.

Though the event is something that police departments have done for years, in its 16th year police worked with drug prevention agencies to have counselors at several of the police departments to talk with and provide information for families in need.

After the pills are boxed and weighed by the Lorain County Sheriff’s Office, they are turned over to Ross Incineration Services to be properly disposed. [Read more…]

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