The Cumberland County COOP
is a Coalition comprised of various government and community partners including criminal justice, emergency services, public health professionals, and human services representatives working cooperatively towards a common cause – confronting the heroin and prescription opiates epidemic while reducing overdoses through effective outreach and education, raising awareness of the alarming increase in drug use and drug related deaths, preventing drug use and addiction, promoting treatment, and reducing overdoses through effective outreach and education.
GOALS:
• Reduce the number of drug related deaths and drug related crimes in the community
• Educate community on the dangers of opiate use through tailored programming for target audiences
• Enrich the community with resources to prevent and treat addictions and promote recovery
• Engage the community by raising awareness of the personal, social, economic and environmental impacts
• Diminish the supply and demand for heroin and prescription drug abuse
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