Galionites have been able to drop off expired or unused solid medications at the “drug box” at the Galion Police Department for about a month now, according to police Chief Brian Saterfield, and the box has seen some use during that time. Saterfield encouraged city residents to dispose of medications properly and offered the box […]
By Sarah Einselen Inquirer Reporter Jody Demo-Hodgins, director of the Crawford-Marion Board of Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services, spoke to the Galion Area Betterment Commission about opiates prevalence in the county at the commission’s regular meeting Feb. 6. “Almost every time I speak to a group in Marion County or in Crawford County they […]
By Sarah Einselen Inquirer Reporter Galion police confiscated 38 marijuana plants this morning, Jan. 18, while executing a search warrant at 241 S. Pierce St. in Galion. The plants were from an “in-home grow” that Chief Brian Saterfield said wasn’t a small operation. “For a home operation it’s fairly sophisticated and elaborate,” he said. The search warrant […]
By Sarah Einselen Inquirer Reporter The Galion Rotary club learned at its Wednesday, Jan. 11, meeting about a new addiction recovery program that local pastor Margie Maddox launched in the Crawford County Jail. Maddox, who also counsels recovering addicts and volunteers in the jail as the community chaplain, started teaching the curriculum “Walking the 12 […]
By Sarah Einselen Inquirer Reporter An Ohio Senate bill that would require welfare recipients to undergo drug testing is in committee, and Crawford County volunteered to be one of three counties to participate in a pilot of the drug testing program. County commissioners sent Gov. Kasich a letter reiterating their willingness to allow Crawford County […]
By Sarah Einselen Inquirer Reporter Drug addicts who can’t get or keep a job because of their addiction may be eligible to receive treatment through a new program called “Recovery to Work” funded by the Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission and the Crawford/Marion Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health board. Jody Demo-Hodgins, Crawford/Marion ADAMH director, announced […]
By SARAH EINSELEN Inquirer Reporter At its June 9 meeting, the Crawford County Opiates Task Force “added to its to-do list,” according to co-chairwoman Jody Demo-Hodgins. The task force discussed its options and laid out several goals and concrete steps to achieving those goals. Awareness Mainly, the task force will raise awareness about the issue via […]
By SARAH EINSELEN Inquirer Reporter Twenty-five to 30 government officials, representatives from nonprofit organizations and recovering opiate addicts gathered Thursday night at the Bucyrus public library to plan how to solve Crawford County’s opiate addiction problem. They are acting as part of the Crawford County Opiate Task Force, organized by the Crawford-Marion Board of Alcohol, […]