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		<title>Cecil County Drug Crisis: &#8216;Culture&#8217; of Abuse Pervades County; Poverty, Lack of Treatment Cited in Study</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Cecil Times Special Report Cecil County’s widespread drug abuse problems&#8211; linked to crime, child abuse, suicide and joblessness—will need a broad-based solution to address a culture of drug abuse that often spans generations of families, according to a new consultant’s study. And the problem has reached crisis proportions, with the county having the highest rate of fatal drug overdoses in the state. “While Cecil County is an area of stark contrasts in income, limited local employment and a cycle of unemployment and poverty among young people are seen as leading to hopelessness and substance abuse in Cecil County,” the report observed. And that cycle perpetuates itself, hampering local economic development efforts to bring new jobs to the area, because potential employers believe they cannot find an adequately trained, drug-free workforce in Cecil County. But even for those who want to get “clean,” living in Cecil County puts many obstacles in their path, the study found. There is no residential detox or treatment center in the county; existing counseling and out-patient treatment services are fragmented; and there is a lack of appropriate services for people who have “dual diagnoses” of mental health and drug abuse problems. And the community at [&#8230;]]]></description>
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