"The Opiate Effect" Community Conversation
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Description
Will Gates, a former UVM student, died from a heroin overdose in 2009. His father Skip began a journey to try and educate as many people as possible of the harm in not only the drug, but how we are dealing with the problem. Through the voices of Skip, his son Sam, former opiate abusers, The HowardCenter, Senator Leahy, U.S. Attorney Tristram Coffin, Attorney General Holder and more; we find ourselves amidst reality in, "The Opiate Effect."
The documentary, "The Opiate Effect," is followed by a panel discussion about this issue in our community today with:
Tristram Coffin, U.S. Attorney for Vermont
Bob Bick, Director of Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services,
Howard Center
Mary Alice McKenzie, Executive Director, Boys & Girls Club of Burlington
Annie Ramniceanu MS, LCMHC, LADC, Associate Executive Director of Clinical Programs, Spectrum Youth & Family Services
Chief Michael Schirling, Burlington Police Department
Dr. Carlos Pino, Medical Director, FAHC Center for Pain Medicine
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