![]() ![]() He thanked organizers for hosting the event “to uplift the public health and mental health and particularly the resiliency and the strength of young people, who are struggling to deal with a very tough time.” His son, Tommy, died by suicide on New Year’s Eve last year at 25 years old. Jamie Raskin said he knows what it is like to suffer the unbelievable loss of a child. The center offers 64 residential beds for substance use disorder treatment, as well as outpatient treatment services. Crowel noted the county opened the Avery Road Treatment Center in Rockville in June. The team continues to provide Narcan training and free Narcan kits. The Overdose Intervention Team organized community awareness campaigns and developed training series for prescribers of opiate medications. ![]() He said the county regrouped in the face of the pandemic and made efforts to meet resident needs. There is increased anxiety and depression, Crowel said, and it is harder to maintain access to treatment and some have been led to or returned to substance use and self harm. But COVID has taken us to some new heights and some new awareness of this, I think.” “The close relation between mental health and substance use disorder is real and known. “We’ve known about that for a long time,” Crowel said. Raymond Crowel said anyone who has faced addiction understands how dangerous isolation can be. She also called for a strong coalition of families for substance use awareness, similar to Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), she urged.Ĭounty Health and Human Services Director Dr. Suarez said families need better education about substance use disorders so those suffering and their families can have reliable information and make good decisions. The county says more than 60% of overdose deaths have been fentanyl-related since 2016. I miss her laughter… her silliness, our dancing together.” She was a Churchill High School graduate and died of an accidental fentanyl-laced overdose. She said her daughter endured a trauma in 2017 and was later introduced to crack cocaine while mentally vulnerable. Opioid overdose deaths increased 29% in 2020 compared to 2019, according to the county.Įlena Suarez said she lost her daughter, Colette, exactly one year ago on Aug. In 2020, there were 108 opioid drug overdose deaths in Montgomery County. for overdose deaths last year, speakers shared. (Surviving Our Ultimate Loss) partnered with Montgomery County to host the event Thursday evening. 31, 2020.Residents and families who have lost loved ones to substance use joined the sixth annual International Overdose Awareness Day Event and candlelight vigil at the Memorial Plaza in Rockville. The news comes almost exactly two years after his 25-year-old son, Tommy, committed suicide on Dec. This is the second time the Maryland Democrat has been diagnosed with cancer, as he previously battled colorectal cancer in 2010. That panel issued its final report last week and is set to dissolve when the new Republican-led House is sworn in on Jan. He was the lead impeachment manager when the House impeached Trump one week after the attack, and he currently sits on the House committee investigating the siege. Raskin has played a leading role in recent years as House Democrats twice impeached then-President Donald Trump and investigated Trump’s role in the Jan. “I am still holding out hope for the kind that causes hair gain and weight loss,” he joked. In a statement Wednesday, Raskin said he has diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and the “prognosis for most people in my situation is excellent after four months of treatment.” He said he has been advised his chemotherapy treatment will cause hair loss and weight gain. Raskin, who will be the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Reform Committee in the next Congress, said he expects to be able to work through his outpatient treatment at a Washington-area hospital. Jamie Raskin said Wednesday that he has a type of lymphoma that’s a “serious but curable form of cancer” and he is beginning several months of treatment. ![]()
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