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		<title>Cecil County Has Record Drug OD Deaths But Health Officials Say Don&#8217;t Know Numbers; Sheriff Has Stats on Getting Inmates off Drugs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2015 22:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cecil County health officials told the County Council on Tuesday they don’t know how many drug overdose deaths there were in the county last year and don’t know how many heroin addicts there are locally—but state statistics show the county is second only to Baltimore City in drug deaths. In contrast, county Sheriff Scott Adams had detailed data on how his new programs are working to combat drug addiction among jail inmates. Another issue raised during the County Council’s worksession was whether to create a “needle exchange” program in the county, with health officials supporting the idea while the Sheriff voiced concerns about “enabling” drug addicts to get free drug needles while state laws prohibit drug “paraphernalia.” Under extended questioning by County Councilor Alan McCarthy (R-1), the county’s health officer, Stephanie Garrity, said she didn’t know how many heroin addicts there are in Cecil County and did not know how many drug overdose deaths there were in the county last year. “I don’t have that,” Garrity said about heroin addiction numbers. And county health department officials also could not answer McCarthy’s questions about the numbers of fatal drug overdoses in the county in the past year and how they compared [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Union Hospital Proposes Short Term Drug Detox Center; Could Seek County Subsidy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2015 22:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Union Hospital is considering creation of a non-profit entity in Cecil County to operate an 8 to 12-bed short-term drug detoxification program outside a hospital setting and may ask the county government to subsidize the operation, a hospital official told county leaders on Tuesday. At the same time, the hospital has already created a separate limited liability company in partnership with the Upper Chesapeake Health system in Harford County aimed at creating another operation that would address both drug abuse and mental health problems, since the region lacks adequate mental health professional care. The proposals were outlined in broad terms by Dave Gipson, Union Hospital’s Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, during a meeting of the county’s Board of Health—which consists of the county executive, the County Council, and the county health officer. County Council members have talked about Union’s plans previously although the hospital had insisted the proposals were still too preliminary to discuss in any detail. [SEE previous CECIL TIMES report here: https://ceciltimes.com/2014/12/union-hospital-considers-short-term-drug-abuser-detox-program-cecil-county-councilors-urge-support/ ] Gipson’s presentation was still short on specifics and he said a firmer concept for a Cecil County operation would likely not be developed until June. He said the hospital was working on developing [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>White House Gives Cecil County $125K Drug Prevention Grant; Over Half of $ Goes to Pay, Benefits for Program &#8216;Coordinator&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://ceciltimes.com/2014/10/white-house-gives-cecil-county-125k-drug-prevention-grant-over-half-of-goes-to-pay-benefits-for-program-coordinator/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2014 20:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The White House has awarded $125,000 to Cecil County for programs aimed at preventing drug abuse, especially among youths. But more than half of the annual grant will go to pay salary and benefits for a co-coordinator of a newly-created “Cecil County Drug-Free Communities Coalition.” The grant comes from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy and is designed to promote community-based projects to prevent drug abuse. The initial one-year grant is expected to be renewed annually for five years, for a total of $625,000, according to Ken Collins, a local health department official and the special advisor on drug policy to County Executive Tari Moore. While the grant proposal outlined seven broad areas for which the funds would be spent—including drug prevention and awareness training for parents and educators, “engaging new community members” and “developing and implementing a social norms campaign”—over half of the money will go to pay the salary and benefits of a co-coordinator who will be hired to administer the grant. Collins said the grant proposal provided a $50,000 annual salary plus $14,000 for the new program coordinator’s benefits. While the federal grant money goes directly to the Cecil County government, the funds are [&#8230;]]]></description>
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