Opioid Addiction Information Session Set For Dec. 14

SANDY SPRINGS, GA - From Fulton County Government: “Opioid Addiction: What You Don’t Know May Kill You.” The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities will offer seniors at the Dorothy C. Benson Senior Multipurpose Facility information about the serious risks related to opioid addiction. The information session will be held on Thursday, December 14, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at the Benson Senior Multipurpose Facility located at 6500 Vernon Woods Drive, NE, Sandy Springs, GA 30328. Discussion will center on the following issues:

• What are opioids?
• The reasons people are becoming addicted to opioids
• The consequences of opioid addiction
• The misuse of prescription drugs
• Heroin
• The warning signs of opiate abuse
• How to help someone who is suffering from addiction
• Treatment and recovery resources

Seniors with chronic pain are susceptible to opioid addiction with painkillers. However, most seniors are impacted because their children may become addicted and/or overdose and die from opioids.

The presentation is part of a pilot initiative to address the opioid use crisis. The information sessions will be offered continuously throughout the coming year to educate citizens about the serious and potentially deadly consequences of opioid addiction. For more information, call (404) 613-6385.

Citizens in need of reasonable accommodations due to a disability including communications in an
alternative format should contact the Disability Liaison in the Department of Behavioral Health and
Developmental Disabilities at (404) 613-6385. For Georgia Relay Access, dial 711.

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