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‘Passion and compassion, that’s Laurie’: Laurie Crain leaves as program coordinator for McHenry County Substance Abuse Coalition

May 16, 2023

When Laurie Crain started as program coordinator for the McHenry County Substance Abuse Coalition in January 2014, the coalition had 35 to 40 members who represented a dozen agencies, each involved in addressing substance abuse issues in the county. Today, the coalition has 312 members representing 80 agencies. “There was no administrative structure before Laurie,” […]

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‘They always said they drank’: Substance abuse focus in McHenry County is on alcohol this year

March 28, 2023

Taking the podium at the McHenry County State of Addiction annual meeting, Sgt. Adam Carson said he asks two questions when people are arrested on drug-related offenses. The first is: “How old were you when you started using drugs?” The second: “What is the first drug you tried?” The response to the second question, the […]

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Spike in overdose deaths reported by local agencies

April 27, 2021

Drug overdose deaths spiked in late April, according to the McHenry County Substance Abuse Coalition, which issued an advisory about the availability of help for drug abusers. “These deaths have not been confirmed as opioid related,” the advisory said, “however, we are very aware that in McHenry County most overdose deaths occur because of opioids. We […]

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