Category Archives: Chemical health

Don’t miss Town Hall Meeting on the legal issues associated with heroin and opiate use in Northfield

The Main Street Moravian Church is hosting a very important community discussion this Sunday, April 19, 2009.  The entire event is FREE. A Town Hall meeting on the topic of legal issues associated with heroin and opiate use in Northfield will begin at 3:00 p.m.  The Town Hall meeting will host a panel of seven [...]

Addiction specialist provides in-services to local school staff

Dr. Charles Reznikoff provided an in-service to nearly 20 staff at ARTech Charter School on Monday.  Last month, Dr. Reznikoff led a similar in-service with over 125 staff from the Northfield Middle School, Northfield High School, and Northfield Area Learning Center. The in-services focused on issues of addiction, signs and symptoms of chemical use issues, [...]

Grief support group starting up

Below is information on a very important new group being organized by local community members. FROGS:  A support group for Friends and Family to deal Respectfully with the Reality of Opiate use and Overdose, to Gather and Grieve and give Support and Sympathy.  FROGS will be meeting on Mondays at the Main Street Moravian Church [...]

Don’t miss an important community event on heroin use in Northfield

This Sunday (November 16), the Main Street Moravian Church will host a Day of Feasting. Here’s the text from the brochure: The event will feature a Town Hall Meeting on the topic of heroin and opiate use in Northfield. The Town Hall Meeting is FREE and begins at 3:00 p.m. It will feature a panel [...]

Directory of local drug and alcohol prevention/intervention resources available online

Community members are encouraged to visit the Rice County Chemical Health Resource Directory web page to learn more about local prevention, intervention, treatment, and after care resources available for those struggling with drug and alcohol use.  The resource directory is coordinated by the Rice County Chemical Health Coalition’s Provider Team and is available in English [...]