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EPiC continues efforts to educate, understand addiction issues

April 6, 2018 By Dee Leave a Comment

I was privileged to share Joe’s story with the Epidemic Intelligence Council (EpIC) . . .

EPiC was developed by Orange County Department of Social Services Director Crystal Hale in an attempt to bring together people from a cross-section of different disciplines and professions within the community to discuss the opioid epidemic.

“We know there is a problem and things are being done, but I think capturing what exactly is being done and identifying what’s not being done might be a good start,” Hale said.

The average age of patients for all overdose calls in Orange County is 40 years old, and the average age range of deaths due to opioids in the county is 35 to 44.

According to a map produced by the Virginia Department of Health, Orange, Culpeper and Fauquier counties have the highest fentanyl and/or heroin overdose mortality rates in the state.

Read the full article from the Orange County Review HERE

Filed Under: In The News Tagged With: addiction, coalition, death, fentanyl, grief, heroin, mortality rates, opioids, Orange County, overdose, Virginia

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