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Wilson Health’s New Vision and SPD’s SAAT Team Partner-Up
SIDNEY — The Sidney Addiction Assistance Team (SAAT) and Wilson Health’s New Vision service have teamed up to help people who are battling addition. New Vision is a new program that works with individuals wanting assistance with drug or alcohol problems. Community...
Wilson Health Offers Detox Services for Patients Battling Addition
Wilson Health is now offering medical stabilization and detox services to help people overcome withdrawal symptoms from drug and alcohol addictions through New Vision medical stabilization service. “The battle to be free from alcohol or drug dependency is never easy,...
Cocaine
Cocaine has passed heroin as the number two illegal drug used in Ohio (Shelby County Drug Task Force, 2018). Drug users are now viewing cocaine as a safer drug. In the 70s, cocaine, a very expensive drug, was popular with the rich and famous. In the 80s and 90s, the...
Methamphetamine – Meth
The most used illegal drug in Ohio is now methamphetamine, also known as meth or crystal meth. Coming in second is cocaine and third, heroin (Shelby County Drug Task Force, 2018). In December, citizens that attended A Community Conversation sponsored by the Shelby...
Community Conversations
Join the conversation! The Shelby County Drug Task Force will hold Community Conversations to update the public on the drug use situation in Shelby County. Hear from community leaders, government agencies and officials, law enforcement and healthcare experts on what...
Shelby County Drug Task Force 2017 Annual Report
2017 Annual Report Amended February 2018 Preface: In the fall of 2016, the Family and Children First Council approached community and government leaders to discuss forming a task force to share data on how opiates were impacting the community. With much support and...
Helping Your Children Problem Solve
When my children were preschoolers it was hard for me to let them go off on their own. I vividly remember sitting on the park bench trying to let them play without interfering too much. I was worried that they would fall or that they wouldn’t know what to do when...
Samaritan Works
The Samaritan Works residential program provides two sober living homes, one for men and one for women. Each home is designed to provide a stable and structured environment to help individuals attain their recovery goals. Watch this video about two lives that have...
Brittany’s Story
Ohio Attorney General Office’s video that focuses on two local women who are recovering addicts.
Prescription Drugs Danger in Your Home
Prescription drugs are stolen by anyone with a motive to do so including addicts or those who want to sell the drugs. This may not be a concern to most families, but parents of teens and children have another reason to be cautious with prescription drugs. 61% of teens...
Drug Disposal Pouches
Drug disposal pouches to be disputed in Shelby County. Details
