How should our local courts deal with the multiple drug related cases which come before them? That question and others will be addressed at a town hall meeting set for Thursday, April 10, 2014 from 6:30pm to 8:00pm at Harding High School in the cafetorium.
Members of the STAND Coalition (formerly the Marion County Opiate Task Force) have marshaled their resources to confront the opiate drug abuse, a problem they say is an epidemic in Ohio. The meeting is an outgrowth of the Opiate Task Force – formed in July of 2011, a partnership of organizations and individuals that are seeking to attack the issue on a multi-pronged front, according to Jody Demo-Hodgins, director of the Crawford-Marion ADAMH Board.
This year the topic is Drugs and the Courts and will feature two local judges, a person in recovery, and a treatment professional. The format is designed to provide information on new partnerships between the treatment community and the courts, and to provide the public with an opportunity to get their questions answered.
Demo-Hodgins said the goal of the town hall meeting is to provide information and education for attendees specific to what takes place in a drug court.
The town hall meeting program is free and open to the public. You can call the ADAMH board at 387-8531 for more information.
