Medway & Millis November 2018
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Page 8 <strong>Medway</strong> & <strong>Millis</strong> Local Town Pages www.localtownpages.com <strong>November</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />
S.A.F.E. Coalition Hosts Addiction Expert Michael Botticelli<br />
By J.D. O’Gara<br />
On Wednesday, October 17,<br />
the substance abuse disorderfighting<br />
S.A.F.E. Coalition, a<br />
regional coalition of community<br />
partners from Franklin, Foxboro,<br />
Mansfield, <strong>Medway</strong>, <strong>Millis</strong>,<br />
Norfolk, Plainville, Walpole<br />
& Wrentham, welcomed one of<br />
the nation’s leading addiction experts<br />
Dr. Michael Botticelli for a<br />
Conversation with Community<br />
Leaders to an event at the Franklin<br />
Country Club. Also in attendance<br />
was Rep. Jeff Roy, Rep.<br />
Shawn Dooley and aide from<br />
Rep. Spilka’s office.<br />
Affectionately known as the<br />
“drug czar,” Botticelli is the Executive<br />
Director of the Grayken<br />
Center for Addiction Medicine<br />
at Boston Medical Center. He<br />
previously served as the director<br />
of the White House Office<br />
of National Drug Control<br />
Policy (ONDCP) from March<br />
2014 until the end of President<br />
Obama’s term. Prior to joining<br />
ONDCP, he worked in the MA<br />
Department of Public Health,<br />
and he understands addiction<br />
from the perspective of one who<br />
treats, and one who suffers.<br />
The night began with an overview<br />
on what S.A.F.E. has accomplished<br />
by S.A.F.E. president<br />
Jennifer Knight-Levine. Knight-<br />
Levine noted that substance<br />
abuse disorder is a leading cause<br />
of death among men and women<br />
in their 20s, 30s and 40s. She described<br />
the evolution of S.A.F.E.<br />
Some of the milestones and<br />
future plans S.A.F.E. has made<br />
include:<br />
• Community Conversations,<br />
a series of discussions with<br />
town and school district administrators,<br />
the first one<br />
planned for the town of<br />
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• Hidden in Plain Sight displays<br />
and Narcan® and CPR<br />
training: S.A.F.E. has recently<br />
been MCSR Certified and<br />
can purchase and train in the<br />
use of Narcan<br />
• Mobile Grief Counseling:<br />
S.A.F.E. has enlisted<br />
the help of grief counselor<br />
Megan Brewer to help families<br />
who’ve lost loved ones to<br />
SAD.<br />
• Established High School Peer<br />
to Peer groups<br />
S.A.F.E. Coalition leaders Jennifer Knight-Levine and Jim Derick are<br />
shown with national addiction expert Michael Botticelli and Rep.<br />
Jeffrey Roy. Photo used courtesy of Vicario Studio (www.vicariostudio.com).<br />
• Increased Local Support<br />
Groups<br />
• Established a Support Line<br />
(508) 488-8105.<br />
• Published and then updated<br />
a Resource Manual for families<br />
dealing with SAD. This<br />
copyrighted manual can be<br />
adapted for other districts.<br />
• Work to increase medicine<br />
disposal options<br />
• Increased support in helping<br />
families file Section 35<br />
• Increased referrals for mental<br />
health support<br />
• Produces a quarterly newsletter<br />
• Comedy Show for Awareness<br />
• Employee Support<br />
• Public Community Events<br />
Knight-Levine then introduced<br />
Rep. Jeffrey Roy, who introduced<br />
Dr. Botticelli.<br />
Botticelli began by praising<br />
the gathering of community<br />
members, law enforcement,<br />
health care providers and legislators<br />
noting that their willingness<br />
to come together to address the<br />
problem of substance abuse disorder<br />
was “emblematic. The true<br />
measurement of what we do is<br />
what happens at the local level,”<br />
he said. “All prevention is local.”<br />
“This epidemic doesn’t exist<br />
in a vacuum,” continued Botticelli.<br />
“Conditions must be right<br />
for it to take hold. We can’t talk<br />
about the current epidemic without<br />
highlighting the role stigma<br />
has played. It keeps people from<br />
asking for help and from seeking<br />
care.”<br />
S.A.F.E.<br />
continued on page 10<br />
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