Salem Forum Focuses On Opioid Addiction Crisis

SALEM, MA — The opioid crisis on the North Shore will be the topic of a webinar on Thursday aimed at working toward reducing addiction and overdose deaths in Salem and surrounding areas.

The Salem Community Forum "Buiding Hope Together: Bridging Pathways Toward Recovery" will bring together will feature a panel of specialists in health care, addiction and social services from 1 to 2:30 p.m. on Zoom.

Go here to register for the event, which will also be recorded and broadcast on Salem Access Television.

Those wishing to submit a question in advance can do so to Meg Dlusniewski at mdlusniewski@salem.com.

Panelists include: Wendy P. Kent, M.A., LADC1, CPS, Prevention Specialist, City of Lynn; Liz Tadie, PMHNP, Salem Hospital Inpatient Addiction Consult Team & Outpatient Bridge Clinic; Glenda Montiel, MSW, Case Manager, Salem Hospital Inpatient Addiction Consult Team & Outpatient Bridge Clinic; Richard Zombeck, Recovery Coach Supervisor, Salem Hospital; Dave Cave, Recovery Coach, Salem Hospital; Mary Wheeler, Harm Reduction Specialist, Program Director, Healthy Streets, Health Innovations Inc. and Robert Slocum, DO, Medical Director of SUD Program for North Shore Community Health.

The Healing Communities Study is a program of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)'s HEAL Initiative.

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(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)