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Opioid Use in Darien and What To Do About It: Research Presented at Library Forum March 21
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A presentation on just-completed research on opioids in Darien will be part of a discussion forum at 7 p.m., Wednesday, March 21 at Darien Library. The forum will feature information gathered by an Americorps volunteer who conducted a town needs assessment related to opioid use in town, along with reactions and comments from a town police detective and the town director of health. Darien police Detective James Palmieri will share the trends law enforcement is observing and David Knauf, town director of health, who will discuss what needs to happen legislatively to slow this epidemic. Dr. Robert Newman, M.D., MPH, who helped plan and direct some of the largest addiction treatment programs in the world, will also speak. “For over 45 years, Dr. Newman has played a major role in planning and directing some of the largest addiction treatment programs in the world,” the Community Fund said in an announcement about the upcoming event.