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WBHM to host panel on heroin epidemic in Alabama

March 19, 2015
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WBHM to host “Issues & Ales: Heroin in Alabama” on March 24.

Written by: Tiffany Westry

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Public radio station WBHM 90.3 FM will host a panel discussion to explore the growing heroin epidemic in Alabama.

“Issues & Ales: Heroin in Alabama” will be held Tuesday, March 24, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at WorkPlay, 500 23rd St. South, Birmingham.

Panelists include:

Joyce White Vance, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama
Mark Wilson, M.D., Health Officer and Chief Executive, Jefferson County Department of Health
Elizabeth P. Drennen, Director of Clinical Outreach and Communications, Addiction Prevention Coalition
Foster Cook, Associate Professor and Director of UAB Substance Abuse Programs, UAB Treatment Alternatives for Safer Communities (TASC) Jefferson County Community Corrections Program
Karen Cropsey, Psy.D., Associate Professor, UAB Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology

This event will be streamed live at wbhm.org

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