Healthy Living

Police Detective: We Can’t Arrest Our Way Out of Drug Addiction in Darien

By David Gurliacci | February 7, 2017

While Darien police actively make arrests of people caught with illegal drugs, that can’t stop people from becoming addicted in town, and a good portion of the burglaries and other crimes committed in Darien stem from it. Those were two of the points made by Darien Police Sgt. Jeremiah P. Marron Jr. at a one of a series of recent public meetings, “Darien: How Healthy Are We,” at Darien Library. Marron, a detective and member of the Selective Enforcement Unit, was one of three members of the Police Department who described what police know generally about illegal drug abuse in town and what they do about it. You can watch a video of the entire meeting at the bottom of this article.

Government & Politics

Meetings Showcase Darien’s Health Problems, Including Opiods, Alcohol, Stress, Mental Health

By David Gurliacci | January 29, 2017

Darien’s youth, not worried about having sex, are getting sexually transmitted diseases at the fastest rate in memory, making STD’s the town’s largest reported health problem. Meanwhile, the fastest growing public health problem in Darien is opioid use. Those were some of the findings from a health assessment Darien officials recently conducted in town and presented as part of a three-part series of public forums on health problems Darien residents should be watching out for. Opioid use was discussed on each of the past three Thursdays at the meetings in Darien Library, along with substance abuse in general, stress and other health problems that might be prevented if individual town residents take them seriously enough before the problems get too big. “Our health challenges are real, and many of us have been touched by what we’re here to discuss this evening,” First Selectman Jayme Stevenson said at the first meeting.

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