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Bluebag Media
Community gets
update in fight against drug abuse
GREENVILLE – “This Vivitrol? Get it!” said a woman in the audience.
Darke County Chamber of Commerce Director Sharon Deschambeau told her
it’s not a cure. “It is to me,” the woman said. “It’s hope! I want my
son home.”
Earlier she had told the panelists her son was addicted to heroin. She
said he went to the Monday program. “He was a model resident,” she
said. He gets arrested and goes to jail… “He’s a model prisoner!” She
added he’s there now. “Tough love. My son’s butt is still in jail.”
Deschambeau had just told the audience about Vivitrol. It is a
non-narcotic “treatment” that controls the physical need for heroin.
She said it will be a once a month injection. However, there needs to
be a support system. They are currently putting systems and processes
in place. “We have more than 60 cases in court waiting for this,” she
said...
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