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| Veterans Helping Veterans & Others Stands Behind Our Drug Programs & Our Local Law Enforcement Fighting The Drug Problem in Scioto County |
Our Community & America
needs you young people. Stay
off DRUGS!
needs you young people. Stay
off DRUGS!
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As Coroner, Dr. Terry Johnson has
seen the results of this tragedy up
close and personal.
He has fought Rx Drug Abuse over
his entire career as a physician.
As our State Representative, he is
fighting to put "Pill Mills" out of
business. As the only physician in
Ohio's legislature, he is combating
this problem and working to heal
our communities.
V.H.V.O. gives our support to Dr.
Johnson as he fights to save our
youth and our communities.
seen the results of this tragedy up
close and personal.
He has fought Rx Drug Abuse over
his entire career as a physician.
As our State Representative, he is
fighting to put "Pill Mills" out of
business. As the only physician in
Ohio's legislature, he is combating
this problem and working to heal
our communities.
V.H.V.O. gives our support to Dr.
Johnson as he fights to save our
youth and our communities.
STOP: think about what drug use will
do to you, your family, friends & your
community.
LOOK: look around you and see what
drugs does to others and how it affects
those around them
LISTEN: to those who know about
drugs, to your family, friends and those
who care about you.
{There are answers to your problems,
places to go for help and people who
care.}
do to you, your family, friends & your
community.
LOOK: look around you and see what
drugs does to others and how it affects
those around them
LISTEN: to those who know about
drugs, to your family, friends and those
who care about you.
{There are answers to your problems,
places to go for help and people who
care.}
"This problem that we have with prescription drug abuse is NOT a partisan issue. It should
be a political issue only in so much as we need ALL of our elected officials to identify it as
one of the leading problems facing our community and then work TOGETHER to begin to
solve it. Everyone is in their own silos, doing their own things -- we have so many good,
talented people who only need to come together and approach this problem as a team. We
can't do the old politics as usual bit that has been so familiar and so damning to our region.
People are suffering. Our economic and spiritual development are being stymied. It's time to
approach this and our other long-running problems in a new way. Let's all be a part of
turning our community around!"
be a political issue only in so much as we need ALL of our elected officials to identify it as
one of the leading problems facing our community and then work TOGETHER to begin to
solve it. Everyone is in their own silos, doing their own things -- we have so many good,
talented people who only need to come together and approach this problem as a team. We
can't do the old politics as usual bit that has been so familiar and so damning to our region.
People are suffering. Our economic and spiritual development are being stymied. It's time to
approach this and our other long-running problems in a new way. Let's all be a part of
turning our community around!"
"Our meeting was held in the Wheelersburg High cafetorium, and the crowd on hand was
huge. I told those assembled that, as I looked around the room, I saw much pain and
anguish. Virtually everyone there had been touched by the problem of prescription drug
abuse. When I became the Scioto County coroner in the summer of 2002, I immediately set
to studying and forensically documenting the true nature of drug overdose in our county.
What I found was shocking. The huge majority of these deaths are due to a cocktail of
drugs that have to be obtained by prescription. Very few of our deaths were being caused
by illicit drugs such as cocaine or methamphetamines."
huge. I told those assembled that, as I looked around the room, I saw much pain and
anguish. Virtually everyone there had been touched by the problem of prescription drug
abuse. When I became the Scioto County coroner in the summer of 2002, I immediately set
to studying and forensically documenting the true nature of drug overdose in our county.
What I found was shocking. The huge majority of these deaths are due to a cocktail of
drugs that have to be obtained by prescription. Very few of our deaths were being caused
by illicit drugs such as cocaine or methamphetamines."
As the coroner of my county, I have to deal, very personally, with the human tragedy
that is death by prescription drug overdose. I see this cutting across all socio-economic
boundaries. Makes no difference who you are or where you come from, someone you
know or even someone in your family will succumb to this problem. Year after year I
counted and studied and tried to bring this problem to light. Well, now people are
paying attention and are motivated to do something about it. Statistically, our small rural
county here in the beautiful hills of southern Ohio is second in per capita drug
overdose deaths to Montgomery County (the Dayton area). That means that we lead all
other counties in Ohio! Now, I am convinced that the problem in our neighboring
counties of Lawrence and Adams is as bad if not worse, but it's not being documented
as thoroughly as ours.
that is death by prescription drug overdose. I see this cutting across all socio-economic
boundaries. Makes no difference who you are or where you come from, someone you
know or even someone in your family will succumb to this problem. Year after year I
counted and studied and tried to bring this problem to light. Well, now people are
paying attention and are motivated to do something about it. Statistically, our small rural
county here in the beautiful hills of southern Ohio is second in per capita drug
overdose deaths to Montgomery County (the Dayton area). That means that we lead all
other counties in Ohio! Now, I am convinced that the problem in our neighboring
counties of Lawrence and Adams is as bad if not worse, but it's not being documented
as thoroughly as ours.
"The problem of prescription drug abuse in southern Ohio is huge. It causes untold pain
and misery in families. Families are being ripped apart and children neglected. Those who
are addicted will do anything to get their drugs, including turning against those closest to
them. Prescription drug abuse is related to the vast majority of the crimes that take place
here. When we talk about the reasons for the economic depression that we have in
southern Ohio and we wonder why we don't seem to be able to do anything to pull out of it,
we must realize that a tremendous number of our fellow citizens are spiraling into this dark
pit of addiction and abuse. They get to the point where they don't care about being
productive, about doing things for their families, present or future. It is, pure and simple, an
evil thing that is as horrible as any disease."
and misery in families. Families are being ripped apart and children neglected. Those who
are addicted will do anything to get their drugs, including turning against those closest to
them. Prescription drug abuse is related to the vast majority of the crimes that take place
here. When we talk about the reasons for the economic depression that we have in
southern Ohio and we wonder why we don't seem to be able to do anything to pull out of it,
we must realize that a tremendous number of our fellow citizens are spiraling into this dark
pit of addiction and abuse. They get to the point where they don't care about being
productive, about doing things for their families, present or future. It is, pure and simple, an
evil thing that is as horrible as any disease."
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* Adams County
* Scioto County
* Lawrence County
* Scioto County
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