October is National Substance Abuse Prevention Month. The Lincoln County Drug Free Coalition (DFC) along with the Northwoods Coalition would like to invite the public to attend a County Educational Forum about the misuse of opioids and use of methamphetamine in our county. The forum will be held on Thursday, Oct. 26, beginning at 5:30 p.m. in the Lincoln County Service Center Upper Level Assembly Room, 801 N. Sales St., Merrill. Beginning at 5 p.m. you are invited to join for appetizers and to learn about the work of local agencies/organizations to address the substance use/abuse needs in Lincoln County.
Representative Mary Felzkowski will be in attendance at the forum to provide an overview of opioid and methamphetamine use/abuse in Wisconsin and statewide efforts to address. You will then hear what is occurring locally from representative(s) of local schools, medical/hospital, law enforcement and the judicial system. There will be time at the end of the forum for questions and discussion.
Members of the planning committee include the following coalition members: Laura Forster, Prairie River Middle School Counselor; Debbie Moellendorf, UW-Extension 4-H Youth Development Educator; Ken Neff, Retired Chief, Merrill Police Department; Dr. Robert Sedlacek, Family Physician Ascension Medical Group Merrill; and Officer Tyler Tesch, Drug Recognition Expert, Merrill Police Department.
Please contact Debbie Moellendorf at 715-539-1077 or via email at [email protected] if you have questions or would like additional information.