Heroin Steals the Future – There is Help Campaign

According to National Statistics
Most opioid addicts didn't start on the streets. Many began their descent into addiction with prescribed painkillers including Vicodin (the most prescribed medication in the US) and Oxycontin and eventually found their way to heroin, a much cheaper and readily available high. Thirty-six percent of opioid users started with a legitimate prescription from their doctor, while 68% got started with drugs from someone else's medicine cabinet or a friend. Of those who started their addiction with something other than heroin, 93% eventually migrated to heroin use.

24.6 million people 12 or older (9.4% of the population) live with substance dependence or abuse
1.9 million Americans live with prescription opioid abuse or dependence, while 517,000 Americans live with heroin addiction
Opioid addiction disease occurs in every American State, County, socio-economic and ethnic group
The average user of heroin has changed drastically in the last decade. In 2000, black Americans aged 45-64 had the highest death rate for drug poisoning involving heroin. Now, white people aged 18-44 have the highest rate. Heroin has taken hold of the white suburbs.
Locally
Three people a week die in the Toledo area from heroin-related overdoses. Fatal heroin-related overdoses in the Toledo area rose last year to 215. That compares to 80 such deaths in 2013, 31 in 2012, 15 in 2011, and eight in 2010.

The agencies that are partnering for the campaign are:

Walker Funeral Homes – 419-841-2422 www.walkerfuneralhomes.com
The Zepf Center – 419-841-7701 www.zepfcenter.org - offering detox, short term residential and outpatient services
Lucas County Sheriff ‘s Office D.A.R.T. – 419-213-4924 – responds to area hospitals for primary communication with overdose victims and transports victims to a Central location for assessment and disposition.
A Renewed Mind – 419-720-9247 - www.arenewedmindservice.org - provides quality behavioral healthcare when and where you need it. Serving children, adolescents, adults and families, A Renewed Mind provides services in three outpatient locations, an adolescent residential location and in the community wherever it is needed.
Arrowhead Behavioral - 419-891-9333 – www.arrowheadbehavioral.com - is a private, free-standing treatment facility located in Maumee, OH. A provider for behavioral health and substance abuse services in Northwest Ohio and Southeastern Michigan, we provide a continuum of care, support, and hope. Our mental health programs and addiction treatment services are for adults 18 years and older. We offer a private, confidential and non-institutional environment conducive to healing and recovery.
Good Grief of Northwest Ohio – 419-360-4939 – www.goodgriefNWO.org – Good Grief of Northwest Ohio offers a safe, healing place to gather grieve, receive and share support.
Mental Health & Recovery Board of Lucas County – www.lcmhrsb.oh.gov
Toledo Lucas County Health Department –419-213-4026 www.lucascountyhealth.com – Toledo-Lucas County Health Department in partnership with the Mental Health & Recovery Services Board announce the availability of naloxone. This allows individuals throughout the county to have access to what can be a lifesaving antidote.
The Chamber Partnership –www.thechamberpartnership.com
The Chamber Partnership™ is the strategic alliance of the Anthony Wayne Regional™, Holland-Springfield™, the Northwest Ohio Hispanic Chambers of Commerce™, the DRIVE Group, and the Northwest Business Council.
This alliance integrates infrastructure, professional expertise, small business resources and benefits, along with access to a larger network of businesses to grow the local economies of scale. We are proud to serve over 2,700 businesses and organizations throughout the area.

Participating Media include IHEARTMedia-Toledo; 13ABC, Lamar Outdoor Advertising, Adams Street Publishing - City Paper and MLiving Magazine, dotoledo.com, Welch Publishing Co., Sylvania Advantage and the Mirror Newspapers.

A website that will list all resources available to an addict, their families and the community will be unveiled in May. Additionally, symposiums are being developed to allow interaction among the public and agencies.

If this program saves 20 lives in a month, hopefully it can save more as it continues.


Heroin Steals the Future – There is Help Campaign According to National Statistics Most opioid addicts didn't start on the streets. Many began their descent into addiction with prescribed painkillers including Vicodin (the most prescribed medication in the US) and Oxycontin and eventually found their way to heroin, a much cheaper and readily available high. Thirty-six percent of opioid users started with a legitimate prescription from their doctor, while 68% got started with drugs from someone else's medicine cabinet or a friend. Of those who started their addiction with something other than heroin, 93% eventually migrated to heroin use. 24.6 million people 12 or older (9.4% of the population) live with substance dependence or abuse 1.9 million Americans live with prescription opioid abuse or dependence, while 517,000 Americans live with heroin addiction Opioid addiction disease occurs in every American State, County, socio-economic and ethnic group The average user of heroin has changed drastically in the last decade. In 2000, black Americans aged 45-64 had the highest death rate for drug poisoning involving heroin. Now, white people aged 18-44 have the highest rate. Heroin has taken hold of the white suburbs. Locally Three people a week die in the Toledo area from heroin-related overdoses. Fatal heroin-related overdoses in the Toledo area rose last year to 215. That compares to 80 such deaths in 2013, 31 in 2012, 15 in 2011, and eight in 2010. The agencies that are partnering for the campaign are: Walker Funeral Homes – 419-841-2422 www.walkerfuneralhomes.com The Zepf Center – 419-841-7701 www.zepfcenter.org - offering detox, short term residential and outpatient services Lucas County Sheriff ‘s Office D.A.R.T. – 419-213-4924 – responds to area hospitals for primary communication with overdose victims and transports victims to a Central location for assessment and disposition. A Renewed Mind – 419-720-9247 - www.arenewedmindservice.org - provides quality behavioral healthcare when and where you need it. Serving children, adolescents, adults and families, A Renewed Mind provides services in three outpatient locations, an adolescent residential location and in the community wherever it is needed. Arrowhead Behavioral - 419-891-9333 – www.arrowheadbehavioral.com - is a private, free-standing treatment facility located in Maumee, OH. A provider for behavioral health and substance abuse services in Northwest Ohio and Southeastern Michigan, we provide a continuum of care, support, and hope. Our mental health programs and addiction treatment services are for adults 18 years and older. We offer a private, confidential and non-institutional environment conducive to healing and recovery. Good Grief of Northwest Ohio – 419-360-4939 – www.goodgriefNWO.org – Good Grief of Northwest Ohio offers a safe, healing place to gather grieve, receive and share support. Mental Health & Recovery Board of Lucas County – www.lcmhrsb.oh.gov Toledo Lucas County Health Department –419-213-4026 www.lucascountyhealth.com – Toledo-Lucas County Health Department in partnership with the Mental Health & Recovery Services Board announce the availability of naloxone. This allows individuals throughout the county to have access to what can be a lifesaving antidote. The Chamber Partnership –www.thechamberpartnership.com The Chamber Partnership™ is the strategic alliance of the Anthony Wayne Regional™, Holland-Springfield™, the Northwest Ohio Hispanic Chambers of Commerce™, the DRIVE Group, and the Northwest Business Council. This alliance integrates infrastructure, professional expertise, small business resources and benefits, along with access to a larger network of businesses to grow the local economies of scale. We are proud to serve over 2,700 businesses and organizations throughout the area. Participating Media include IHEARTMedia-Toledo; 13ABC, Lamar Outdoor Advertising, Adams Street Publishing - City Paper and MLiving Magazine, dotoledo.com, Welch Publishing Co., Sylvania Advantage and the Mirror Newspapers. A website that will list all resources available to an addict, their families and the community will be unveiled in May. Additionally, symposiums are being developed to allow interaction among the public and agencies. If this program saves 20 lives in a month, hopefully it can save more as it continues.
2016 CHAMBER NEWS - April 2016