Opioid Crisis To Be Discussed At Program In Guilford

By Jack Kramer, Correspondent

GUILFORD, CT - A community program talking about the opioid crisis plaguing the state of Connecticut has been postponed until Monday, Nov. 6th due to the storm over this past weekend.

Guilford D.A.Y. and Guilford Youth & Family Services is sponsoring “The Heat/Chasing the Dragon.”

The first part is a film and the second is an interactive panel discussion and Q&A. Both are designed to educate about the dangers of addiction to combat the epidemic of prescription drug and heroin abuse.

The discussion is facilitated by The US Attorney's Heroin Education Action Team (HEAT), which works to reduce the growing harm to Connecticut families and communities caused by heroin/opioid abuse.

Families of local overdose victims courageously share their stories to help others, including Sue Kruczek who lost her son, Nick, to an overdose at age 20.

The program is being offered to parents/guardians of 8th to 12th grade Guilford students at the Nathanael B. Greene Community Center at 6:30 p.m., on Nov. 6th.

This presentation will also include “Hidden in Plain Sight,” a program developed by the CT Association of Prevention Professionals. It will allow parents/guardians (adults only) to walk through an interactive exhibit of a teen's bedroom to find potential signs of drug use. It also offers ways to talk to kids about drugs.

Haley Kruczek, Nick Kruczek’s sister, will be reading to the audience a story she wrote about the pain she feels growing up in a house without her 20-year-old older brother.