Grant County’s Opioid and Substance Abuse Task Force, which has been in existence since 2014, is working hard to put an end to the devastating #opioid and heroin epidemic that is taking the lives of too many Hoosiers.
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Indiana is 1 of 4 states where the drug overdose mortality rate has quadrupled since 1999. In 2015, there were 529 drug overdose deaths involving an opioid in the #Hoosier state alone.
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Due to Ann Vermilion’s leadership in the Task Force as well as work of the medical professionals in Grant County, written prescriptions for opioid medications have significantly declined in Grant County.
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This Task Force deserves national attention and should be used as a model to target the opioid crisis in other communities across the country. It is an example of how we can come together to help others turn their lives around and end this tragic opioid epidemic.
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Well it was Governor Pence at first didn’t do anything! Where was your leadership at that time when people were pleading for help? Hmmmm
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You can keep distracting with nice opioid initiatives, but your President is undermining rule of law and you're doing NOTHING. My health insurance went up 38% this because of the uncertainty YOU promoted. Can't wait to vote you out in November.
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Local first responders to receive naloxone kits to battle opioid overdoses
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