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The Summit County ADM Board is ramping up efforts to battle drug addiction and abuse in and around Summit County. 

Part of that effort is a new Addiction hotline they will be unveiling Tuesday, January 17th. The local number will be operational Monday through Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Any calls made after hours will go to the ADM Crisis Hotline that will remain operational. 

Dr. Jerry Craig, ADM Board Executive Director, says the new hotline is not exclusive to opioid addiction. "Irrespective of the problem, we want to make sure that people have access to the most available treatment options," Craig says, whether that's treatment for drug, alcohol, or even gambling addiction. 

The number to the new ADM Addiction Help Line is 330-940-1133. Again, the ADM Crisis Hotline will continue to operate 24/7, but specific calls to this new hotline will be expedited and triaged to the most current and available resources regardless of patient needs. 

See the full press release from the Summit County ADM Board below. 

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ADM Addiction Help Line Opens Tuesday, 1.17.17

The ADM Addiction Help Line launches on Tuesday, January 17, 2017, as a new service to assist individuals who are looking to recover from an addiction to alcohol, drugs or gambling. Callers will be asked a few questions to assist the Help Line staff in determining which local treatment providers could meet their needs. They will be provided with information about treatment options available to them based on their individual circumstances. Once the caller knows their options, they can choose the local agency where they would like to begin treatment. The Addiction Help Line staff will then connect the caller to the selected treatment agency to make a warm hand-off and to schedule the initial appointment. The ADM Board is contracting with the Akron Summit Community Action, Inc. for this new service. The Help Line number is 330-940-1133 and the hours of operation will be Monday through Friday from 8:30am – 4:00pm. The ADM Crisis Center will continue to be available on a 24 /7 basis to provide detoxification and drop-in services and treatment readiness groups. “Akron Summit Community Action, Inc. is pleased to partner with ADM on an Addiction Help Line”, stated Malcolm J. Costa, President & CEO of Akron Summit Community Action, Inc. “Calling the addiction helpline may be an act of courage; sometimes taking strength to admit you have a problem,” stated Costa. “We recognize the importance of getting people the help they need in a timely manner when they are ready to start their recovery. The ADM Addiction Help Line will fast track making the connection between those seeking addiction services and local treatment providers. By calling the Help Line, those seeking addiction services will choose from the most available agencies and have the convenience of being connected to their selected provider to get the process started”, adds Jerry Craig, ADM Board Executive Director.  

There'll be 20 more residential treatment beds for those with opiate and heroin addiction in Summit County.

The county ADM board says they're funding 20 more residential beds in October. It's part of a nearly three and a quarter million dollar commitment.

The beds will be for males at the IBH Addiction Recovery Center, and the ADM board says it's the first of several system enhancements.

The ADM says that the new beds will improve the agency's ability to provide treatment in a timelier manner.

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(Summit ADM Board, news release) The County of Summit Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health (ADM) Services Board will fund 20 additional residential treatment beds for males with opiate / heroin addiction at IBH Addiction Recovery Center beginning October 1st.

The ADM Board of Directors recently approved an additional 3.2 million dollars to be dedicated to addressing the ongoing opiate / heroin epidemic. This increase in residential treatment capacity is the first of several related system enhancements being planned.

"The ADM Board, along with their community partners, are dedicated to eliminating this epidemic by providing critical treatment and recovery supports to those in need. These additional treatment beds will improve our ability to provide treatment in a timelier manner" says Jerry Craig, ADM Board Executive Director, "We are pleased to partner with IBH Addiction Recovery Center as they begin to expand further into Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT), an evidence-based practice which combines behavioral therapy and medications to effectively treat substance use disorders.

Deborah Foster-Koch, Executive Director of IBH Addiction Recovery Center adds, "It is a privilege to be chosen for the addition of 20 beds in Summit County's continuum of care. We recognize and appreciate the trust the community has placed in us, and this expansion will allow IBH to serve even more people."

IBH Addiction Recovery Center, located on South Main Street in Coventry Township has been in operation since 1970 and has used residential treatment to help over 16,000 people suffering from drug and or alcohol addiction. While at IBH Addiction Recovery Center, clients engage in an intense program towards recovery which includes chemical dependency and mental health counselors, medical staff, education specialists, spiritual advisors, recreation, and daily interactions with knowledgeable staff. IBH also operates the IBH REACH Project for people that complete residential treatment at IBH. REACH is a free aftercare program for up to two years post residential treatment. IBH is funded in part by the County of Summit ADM Board, City of Akron, foundations, and private donors. For more information about IBH, please call (330) 644-4095 or visit ibh.org.

Each year, over 26,000 Summit County residents and their families face the challenge of recovery from mental illness and addictions and turn to the ADM Board for treatment and support. The continuum of care received runs throughout the lifespan – from services and programs for toddlers to older adults. It includes preventative and treatment services, housing support, employment assistance, transportation, respite, peer support, recreation, and educational services.

For information about the ADM Board's network of services, please call 330-762-3500. For 24-hour emergency assistance call 330-762-6110 for a mental health emergency or 330-996-7730 for an addiction emergency.

On Wednesday, as part of International Overdose Awareness Day, Summit County Public Health hosted a press conference to announce the donation of 40,000 "pill pouches" to Summit County for people to dispose of their unused medications, primarily opiates. Summit County Community Partnership Executive Director Darryl Brake hosted the event, and explained that while Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals is based out of Missouri, one phone call was all it took to get the company to recognize the seriousness of the opiate addiction problem in Summit County and donate the bags. 

At the press conference, Kevin Webb, Director of Advocacy Relations for Mallinckrodt, explained that the prescription disposal bags would be available beginning Wednesday locally. As part of their efforts to help the situation locally, Acme Fresh Markets is making the bags available, at no charge, at all 16 of their locations throughout the area. 

Brake says if the bags are used as intended and filled to capacity, more than 1.3 million prescription pills will be disposed of properly, and taken off the streets and out of the hands of those who can easily misuse them.

Hear more from Kevin Webb from Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals and Summit County ADM Board Executive Director Jerry Craig. They discuss the new disposable pill pouches and the seriousness of the opioid addiction problem here locally: 

As we continue to define the heroin problem, officials recognize that it has become an epidemic across the nation, and especially in the Akron area. 

The following is from the Summit County Public Health Population Health Vital Statistics Report: From January 1, 2016 to July 31, 2016, emergency rooms serving Summit County residents have treated an estimated total of 1,019 drug overdoses.* Since the beginning of 2016, cases per day remained relatively low, averaging 3 per day from January 1 - July 4 (Figure 1a). However, beginning in the second week of July, overdoses began rising rapidly from 3 per day to 14 per day through the remainder of July. After reaching 10 cases for the fi rst time on June 26, the number of drug overdoses ended up hitting double-digits on 21 of the 31 days in July, reaching a high of 25 on July 27th. All told, there were 395 estimated overdoses in July 2016, which matched the total number of overdoses seen between March 1 and June 30; a span of 122 days.

We spoke with Dr. Doug Smith with the Summit County ADM Board about what is causing, in part, the surge in heroin-related overdoses here in Summit County: