Mindy Schmidt, Author at PAARI

May 4, 2016

WATCH LIVE: John Rosenthal at Washington Post “Addiction in America” Event

Addiction in America @ The Washington Post | May 4, 2016, 9 – 11 a.m. Watch a live stream of the full program above. PAARI Co-Founder John Rosenthal will take part in a Coffee@WaPo event discussing addiction in America. John will join Svante L. Myrick, the mayor of Ithaca, N.Y.; Jason Snyder, Policy and communications […]

April 29, 2016

Gallery: Gloucester Police Chief Leonard Campanello Honored as “Champion of Change” by White House

Washington, D.C. — The administration of President Barack Obama is honoring Gloucester Police Chief Leonard Campanello today at the White House for his revolutionary ANGEL Initiative that works to combat drug addiction.

April 22, 2016

White House to Honor Gloucester Police Chief Leonard Campanello as “Champion of Change”

GLOUCESTER — Police Chief Leonard Campanello, who last year launched the revolutionary ANGEL Initiative to combat drug addiction, will be recognized by the administration of President Barack Obama at a ceremony at the White House next week.

April 19, 2016

MassINC Creates Video about Essex Sheriff’s 28-Day Detox Unit

This video follows the creation of the Essex County 28-day detox unit. The unit is filling a large treatment void in the community. In the first 90 days, 132 people have been admitted to the facility. The vast majority successfully completed the 28 days and went on to residential treatment or intensive outpatient programs. […]

April 19, 2016

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Passes Bill to Promote Police Assisted Addiction Recovery Programs

HARRISBURG, April 12 – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Dan Frankel, D-Allegheny, praised the passage of H.B. 176, the first bill in the country to establish a framework for a statewide grant program to promote police-assisted addiction recovery programs. The bill now heads to the state Senate, where Frankel hopes it will be taken up quickly.

April 6, 2016

Scarborough Operation HOPE Reports 91.2% Of Participants Remain in Recovery

The following was posted to the Scarborough, Maine Police Facebook page today: Niki at Portland Recovery Community Center has been doing follow up calls to Operation HOPE participants from last October through January. She has been getting very positive feedback so far. This is the message we just got from her…. “As of this morning, […]