Successful Strategies for Community Change, Part 3
Det. Gary Mar+n Homicide Detec+ve, Palm Beach Sheriffs
Department
Karen Perry Execu+ve Director, NOPE Task Force
Jennifer Weiss Execu+ve Director, Heroin Awareness
CommiLee
Learning Objec-ves • Plan tac+cs to form your advocacy group, what strengths to consider, and how to select the right group of people to help with your mission.
• Outline communica+on techniques for dialogue to ensure collabora+on among your community.
• Iden+fy strategies to address heroin use in your community.
Disclosure Statement • Karen Perry has no financial rela+onships with proprietary en++es that produce heath care goods and services.
• Gary Mar+n has no financial rela+onships with proprietary en++es that produce health care goods and services.
• Jennifer Weiss has no financial rela+onship with proprietary en++es that produce health care goods and services.
Dr./Detec-ve Gary Mar-n Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office
Lynn University
Overdose Suppression Project: A Comprehensive Response
Three Strategies:
• Law Enforcement
• Public Awareness
• Quan-ta-ve Research
• Reviewing each overdose death inves+ga+on. • Applying all relevant statutes to the circumstances.
• Forwarding all narco+cs intelligence. • 19.3 % of the case reviews generated narco+cs intelligence.
• Collec+ng extensive demographic and circumstan+al data from each overdose death inves+ga+on.
• Designing a prac+cal overdose death database.
• Exposing overdose correla+ons and trends.
Case Examina-ons
• 353 overdose death cases • Palm Beach County, Florida
• Selected by chronological occurrence
• Data derived from: Police and paramedic reports Autopsy and toxicology findings
Family and friend interviews
Medical records
Public Awareness
• Forging coopera+ve rela+onships with families who have lost loved ones to drug overdose death.
• Providing overdose risk awareness programs to students and parents.
• Designing a mul+media public service campaign focusing on the risks associated with prescrip+on drug misuse and abuse.
• Seeking legisla+ve ac+on to discourage doctor shopping and prescrip+on drug diversion.
Contact Informa-on: Detec+ve Gary Mar+n Violent Crimes Division – Homicide Unit Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office West Palm Beach, Fl 33406 561-‐688-‐4058 [email protected]
Or
Gary Mar+n, Ed.D. Associate Dean For Student Life Lynn University Boca Raton, Fl 33431 561-‐237-‐7157 [email protected]
Karen H. Perry Co-‐Founder, Execu-ve Director
NOPE Task Force, Inc.
Richard Perry Age 21
Successful Community Partnerships
• Assess Community • Partnerships • Plan • Implement
NOPE Task Force, Inc.: A 501c-‐3 non-‐profit
Mission
To reduce the frequency and impact of drug overdose death through:
• Community Educa+on
• Family Support
• Purposeful Advocacy
Partners
• Law Enforcement
• Medical Examiner
• Community Government
• Medical Professionals
• Treatment Providers
• Educa+onal Ins+tu+ons • Legislators
NOPE Task Force’s Partners • Office of Na+onal Drug Control Policy • Florida Office of the ALorney General
• Florida Sheriff’s Associa+on • Florida Police Chief’s Associa+on
• Florida Coali+on Alliance • Safe and Drug Free Schools
• Caron Center/Hanley Center • Lynn University
• Tykes and Teens of Mar+n County • DACCO, Inc.
• Flagler County Sheriff’s Office
• Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office • Indian River County Sheriff’s Office
• Mar+n County Sheriff’s Office • Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Office
• Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office • Palm Beach County State ALorney
• Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office • St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office
• Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office • Seminole County Sheriff’s and
municipal law enforcement agencies • Volusia County Sheriff’s Office
Create and Implement a Plan
• Awareness • Educa+on • Family Support
• Advocacy
Awareness
• Na+onal Candle Light Vigil • Interac+ve Website • Social Media
• Prescrip+on Drug Take Back Programs
• Advocate for Legisla+ve Change
Educa-on
Presenta-ons
• Middle & High Schools • Universi+es • Parents & Communi+es • Treatment & Correc+onal
Ins+tu+ons • Health Care Professionals
Family Support
• Treatment Support • ASK ADAM • Support Groups • Interac+ve Website • Publica+ons
Accomplishments
• Florida Prescrip+on Drug Monitoring Program
• Pill Mill Bill and Diversion
• Good Samaritan 911 Law
• Average Age of First Use
NOPE Task Force
866-‐612-‐NOPE www.nopetaskforce.org
Karen Perry Execu-ve Director
The Heroin Awareness Committee (HAC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing awareness and education about opiate abuse in NM.
Facts About New Mexico • Known as the Land of Enchantment/Entrapment. • Popula+on is: 2,085,500. • Biggest City is Albuquerque. Popula+on: 552,800. • We are NOT part of Mexico. We are part of the U.S. • Yes, we have running water. • We are home to the largest interna+onal hot air balloon fiesta. • You will be asked “red, green or Christmas” at every Mexican food restaurant you venture into. • We are the home of the NM Lobos and the infamous “PIT”
NM has the highest drug-induced death rate in the nation
The na-onal rate is 12.7%, NM’s is 22.8% (per 100,000
deaths)
How did we get here?
How do we change?
• Awareness
• Preven+on
• Interven+on
• Treatment
• Post-‐Treatment/Recovery
Heroin Awareness CommiLee (HAC)
• Founded in April 2010. • Mission Statement: Not Another Life Lost to Heroin • Purpose:
1) Provide educa+on and awareness about the opiate epidemic that is plaguing our country.
2) Provide beLer access to treatment resources. 3) Reduce the s+gma.
Hope Awareness & Change – Stop Addic+on
Cameron Weiss
Run your fingers through my soul. Feel what I feel, Believe what I believe, Perceive as I perceive, Look, experience, and for once; Just once, understand…….
The drug twists your brain so fast, so quick, you don’t even know that you are slowly losing your
soul….
• Speak at local high schools and middle schools • Speak during conferences:
• NM Medical Society • NM Social Workers • NM Dental Associa+on • NM Pediatricians • NM Head to Toe conference for educators
• Speak at board mee+ngs and training sessions: • State proba+on officer board mee+ngs • NM Correc+ons Department staff training and cadet training • Albuq. Police Department and Fire Department mee+ngs
• Community-‐wide seminars • Awareness events (candle light vigils, rally’s, balloon releases, awareness walks, fundraising events) • Speak during legisla+ve sessions
Make a difference, one person at a time.
“Never underes+mate the power of a small group of commi8ed people to change the world. In fact, it is the only thing that ever has.”
~ Margaret Mead
Starting an Advocacy Group in your Community:
• Communicate the problem everywhere. Make it a community issue. • Talk, talk talk. Talk to principals, law enforcement, public safety officials,
doctors, den+sts, social workers, legislatures. Talk, talk, talk. • Don’t assume that people “get it”. Even the professionals. Tell stories.
Make it real. • Form rela+onships. • Work with local legislatures to get their support. Go straight to the top.
People will listen when the mo+ve isn’t for personal gain. • Find advocates in your community with a powerful story to share. • Get the media involved. • Don’t stop. Don’t give up.
I wondered by somebody didn’t do something. Then I realized, I am somebody.
~Anonymous
Awareness without action is worthless
Dr. Phillip McGraw
Rest in Peace!
Grieve not, nor speak of me with tears, but laugh and talk of me as if I were beside you there.!
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