The Shiawassee FAN chapter was started in 2019, when a group of concerned local residents came together after recognizing the growing drug use problem in Shiawassee County.
In 2017, with broad community involvement, the first person completed Shiawassee’s individualized drug court program. Since then, participation in the program has grown significantly, aiming to keep individuals with drug-related offenses out of jail. Through the combined efforts of the court system and local service providers, participants are able to find employment and work toward recovery without facing incarceration. Shiawassee County partners with several organizations to support these efforts, including court programs like Swift and Sure, mental health court, and local organizations such as the Alliance for a Drug-Free Shiawassee, the Shiawassee Prevention Network, and Recovery Pathways, LLC.
According to the Shiawassee Health Department and the Alliance for a Drug-Free Shiawassee, there were 21 opioid-related deaths reported in Owosso in 2017 alone. That same year, 10,917,012 hydrocodone tablets were dispensed—equal to 18 tablets per person, per month, for every resident of the county. In the past year, Memorial Healthcare’s emergency department treated 369 confirmed overdose cases.
The Shiawassee FAN chapter aims to provide resources, information, and reassurance to people in the community who are impacted by substance use, helping them understand they are not alone.
shiawassee@faceaddictionnow.org
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