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FBI & DEA Sponsored Documentary Will Be Followed by Discussion of Recovery from Opiate Addiction<\/strong><\/p>\n As a follow-up to an opiate-addiction awareness event in December 2016, the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office, with the Rensselaer County Heroin Coalition, Troy Drug Free Community Coalition, NOPIATES, and Rensselaer Area Drug Awareness Reality Coalition (RADAR) will host a two-part community event on Jan. 18 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Bulmer Telecommunications Center.<\/p>\n The evening begins with a screening of “Chasing the Dragon: The Life of an Opiate Addict,” a documentary film commissioned by the FBI and DEA and told through interviews with recovering users and their loved ones. Following the film, Eric Dyer, a law student who became an opiate user while attending college in the Capital Region, will discuss his addiction and life in recovery.<\/p>\n U.S. Attorney Richard S. Hartunian said, \u201cThe heroin and prescription opioid epidemic is a crisis that reaches every corner of our communities. We are committed to continuing to combat the distribution of heroin and illicit opioids with robust enforcement, but the best protection of public health and safety is in prevention and education. We hope events such as this will spread the word that heroin and illicit opioids are deadly, and there is help available to avoid and overcome them.\u201d<\/p>\n Four community coalitions in Rensselaer County are collaborating with the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office to raise awareness of the heroin and opiate epidemic, and these coalitions all encourage participation in events such as this one.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Rensselaer County Heroin coalition brings together many different \u201cfaces\u201d to help combat the Opioid crisis in our area,\u201d explained Co-Chairperson Maryfran Wachunas, Rensselaer Public Health Director. \u201cWorking together as a team and sharing each other knowledge, we are taking a multi -step approach at not only educating ourselves but the entire coalition and community as a whole.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cN\u00d8piates Committee is a local organization that is dedicated to raising community awareness regarding opiates, substance abuse and addiction,\u201d explained Kim and Tim Murdick, organizers of the N\u00d8piates Committee. \u201cOur dedicated members provide support, assistance and aid to identify available resources for those who battle with the disease of addiction. Our committee also organizes and participates in community events to provide education that focuses on the prevention of substance abuse, all the while remembering those who have been lost to the disease of addiction.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cTroy Drug-Free Community Coalition (Troy DFCC) is a partnership of concerned community members organized for the purpose of reducing substance abuse among young people,\u201d said Davia Collington, Troy DFCC Project Coordinator. \u201cWe believe that good things happen when the community comes together!\u201d she explained. \u201cIt will take all sectors of the community to protect our youth from the disease of addiction. While we know that most youth in the City of Troy are substance-free, we are here to support those families that are struggling with substance abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe’ve all heard the expression \u2018It takes a village to raise a child\u2019. At the RADAR Coalition, we’re applying that approach to drug abuse prevention,\u201d said Nancy Hardt, chairperson of RADAR. \u201cRensselaer Area Drug Awareness Reality (RADAR) Coalition is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting a safe and healthy, drug-free community in the City of Rensselaer. We’re working to bring together a wide range of community partners to prevent substance abuse by raising awareness and providing education. The RADAR Coalition\u2019s vision is for the City of Rensselaer youth to live substance free.\u201d<\/p>\n The greatest responses to addiction are to prevent it in the first place, and to bring people struggling with addiction the help they need to enter into a life of recovery. Come learn how each of these steps are possible.<\/p>\n For more information and to become involved with the local coalitions, see the information below:<\/p>\n N\u00d8piates Committee<\/strong> The Rensselaer County Heroin Coalition<\/strong> RADAR \u2013 Rensselaer Area Drug Awareness Reality Coalition<\/strong> Troy Drug Free Community Coalition<\/strong> <\/p>\n Published:<\/strong>\u00a0Fri, 13 Jan 2017 12:02:52 +0000 by\u00a0d.gardner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" FBI & DEA Sponsored Documentary Will Be Followed by Discussion of Recovery from Opiate Addiction As a follow-up to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2086,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8854\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nnopiateslaw@gmail.com<\/a>
\n518-220-4199<\/p>\n
\nMaryfran Wachunas or Sheriff Patrick Russo, co-chairs
\nRensselaer County Sheriff\u2019s Office
\n1600 7th Avenue 4000 Main Street
\nTroy, NY 12180 Troy, NY 12180
\n518-270-2626
\nPrusso@rensco.com<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/radar-coalition.ny-biz.com<\/a>
\nradarcoalition@gmail.com<\/a>
\nJennifer Haggerty, chair
\nNancy Hardt, co-chair
\n518-270-2841<\/p>\n
\nDavia Collington, Project Coordinator
\n415 River Street 3rd Floor Troy, NY 12180
\n(518) 272-8289, ext 216
\nTroyDFCC@triponline.org
\n<\/a>www.TroyDFCC.org<\/a><\/p>\n