Martin County UNITE Coalition
Coalition Meetings
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UNITE Coalition Coordinator
Ashley Akers Shepherd – aakers@centertech.com, 606-889-0422 (work), 606-213-3556 (cell)
Coalition Officers
- Chair – vacant
- Secretary – vacant
- Treasurer – vacant
Celebrate Recovery group
If you or someone you know is having problems related to drugs, alcohol, pornography, gambling, anger issues, anxiety, physical or emotional abuse, or other life-controlling issues, then please check out the Celebrate Recovery group in Inez. Group meets every Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Martin County Health Department, 136 Rockcastle Road, Inez. For more information contact Michael Shoemaker at 606-626-5219, 606-298-7966 or mshoe9@gmail.com.
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Bath County News
Nancy Hale named President/CEO
LONDON – Nancy Hale, a long-time educator and current Co-Program Director of the UNITE Service Corps (AmeriCorps) initiative, will become President and Chief Executive Officer of Operation UNITE effective Monday, February 9. Hale succeeds Dan Smoot, who has been tapped to lead a new drug prevention/education initiative for Appalachia HIDTA (High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area). “I am humbled...
Read MoreFeb. 17 ‘Celebration’ event canceled
Operation UNITE’s “Celebrate Successes in Prevention and Education” Coalition Awards luncheon scheduled for 11 am to 12:30 pm on Tuesday, February 17, at the Eastern Kentucky University Manchester Campus has been CANCELED due to the prediction of hazardous winter weather coming into the region. It will be rescheduled. Two of America’s top officials in the effort to reduce drug use and its...
Read MoreKY fares well in new drug report
A new national report shows Kentucky fares well compared to other states in the number of patients potentially misusing non-prescribed medications or abusing illegal drugs. Kentucky, “which has long been known as an epicenter of the national prescription drug epidemic,” was “noticeably absent” from the top 10 worst performing states in each of three categories studied, according to the...
Read MoreA reason to say no to drugs
MT. VERNON – A new drug prevention initiative designed to provide youth another way to resist peer pressure to experiment with drugs was launched in Rockcastle County Tuesday, October 14. The “Give Me A Reason” program – a collaborative effort by the Appalachia High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (AHIDTA) and Operation UNITE – will provide free saliva-based drug test kits to parents...
Read More1,600 pounds of pills collected
Residents across southern and eastern Kentucky brought 1,656.3 pounds of pills to drop box sites as part of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s 9th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. “Operation UNITE collected unwanted or outdated drugs from each of the 42 drop box locations in our service region,” noted Dan Smoot, president of the anti-drug organization. “Combined with the...
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