Fear is no stranger to addiction, especially when it comes to someone that you love. The biggest fear for most is waking up to “the call” at 2 a.m. Every day you worry if your loved one is safe. Every day you wonder where they are. You ask yourself whom they are with and if
Tracy Selak - Sector Chair of Treatment & Recovery of the Drug Coalition and Administrator for Cambria County’s Behavioral Health & Intellectual Disabilities & Early Intervention Program discusses local yearly events for mental health and recovery from substance use disorder.
Dr. Matthew Perry - Program Director EM Residency, Regional EM Medical Director of Conemaugh Health System’s Department of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Perry discusses Carfentinal, an illegal substance being seen in our area more and is extremely deadly.
Maria Bradley - Program Coordinator for MARC at Conemaugh Health System and Jestine Mayes -Recovery Support specialist for MARC at Conemaugh Health System. Listen in as these ladies discuss the Maternal Addiction Resource Center for pregnant woman and postpartum, to ensure they have the resources needed to keep baby and Mom healthy.
As 2019 has drawn to a close and we embark on the journey of 2020, we would like to highlight accomplished progress from aligned actions of members of the Cambria County Drug Coalition (CCDC). A coalition is a formal arrangement for cooperation and collaboration between groups of the community, in which each group retains its
During the holiday season of glad tidings and joy to the world, people get so caught up in their own celebration they fail connect with those suffering loss and pain. A special Blue Christmas church service Thursday in downtown Johnstown was built around lifting those who are hurting. Read More...
Christmas seems to come earlier every year, with the sounds of “Holly Jolly Christmas” and “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” ringing out whether you want it to or not. The fact is, for many people, Christmas is neither jolly nor wonderful. They have lost jobs, experienced financial hardships and health problems, and
Addressing the opioid crisis gripping the state and nation requires a multifaceted approach, beginning with understanding the core issue, the state's top doctor told University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown students on Wednesday. "Addiction is a medical condition. It is not a moral failure," Dr. Rachel Levine, secretary of health, said during Pennsylvania Opioid Crisis and
In response to the prevalence of opioid usage in Cambria and Somerset counties and surrounding areas, Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center offers both Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) and warm handoff protocol for patients who present to the department of emergency medicine with an opioid-use disorder. Read More...
Since its formation in September 2016, the members and sectors of the Cambria County Drug Coalition “have stayed the course” in a three-pronged approach to bring leaders in law enforcement, treatment and prevention together to reverse the county’s drug problem. On Tuesday, the drug coalition held its annual community report outreach meeting at Richland High