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Vol. 7 Edition 23
Wins and losses in battling addiction By Mary Beth Corcoran mary@chathamvoice.com
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Mavis White, 2, explores one of the many inflatables at the CK Youth Festival on Saturday at Tecumseh Park. Hosted by the Optimist Club of Chatham and the Municipality of Chatham-Kent’s Recreation Services, hundreds of kids enjoyed all the games and activities the event had to offer.
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With a confirmed slate of officers and two new board members, the Chatham-Kent Drug Awareness Council (CKDAC) is gearing up for a busy and productive year. At the CKDAC annual general meeting recently, board president Brad Davis outlined the successful programs and partnerships of the past year, and guest speakers discussed new projects in the works that will help with easier access to treatment for substance users, continued enforcement to get drugs off our streets and a local study of opioid use in the area, as well as next steps by C-K Public Health to help address the problem. After a few years of reorganization and partnership building, Davis said the CKDAC is ready to move forward to raise awareness of addiction issues, reduce harms associated with substance use and reduce the stigma
associated with it. “We look forward to a day when Chatham-Kent is a stigma-free community that provides timely access to addiction-related supports to those who need them,” Davis said in his report. “To get there, all of us have a part to play, and together, we can do this.” This past year, he said, had successful programs such as the prescription drug drop-off held May 11 in Chatham-Kent. With the help of the Chatham-Kent Police Service and many volunteers, to date the program has taken in over 9,000 narcotic pills and just over 450 pounds of non-narcotic pills, with this year up 67 per cent over the previous year. This program has been running since 2014 with the CKPS and continues to grow each year. Up for consideration this year by local judges and the Crown Attorney’s office is the Chatham-Kent Therapeutic Drug Treatment Court.
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