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Seminar on Addiction Offered at Hixson United Methodist Church

October 11, 2017 By Dick Cook and Contributed Article 0 Comments

The opiate epidemic is at our door step.  Last month the DEA confirmed that there is marijuana laced with fentanyl in Chattanooga.  The risks and dangers are growing that even the innocent can fall prey to an overdose. 

 Why can’t the addicts just quit?  They should know by now this is killing off over 100 people everyday.  

That is why Bradford Health Services is offering a free seminar for the community to help better understand that there is a scientific explanation that lies within the brain of everyone addicted.   This is a free event on October 24 at Hixson United Methodist Church from 6  p.m. to 8 p.m.

All are invited to listen to Tim Hilton break down this disease in easy to understand language that will bring light to how brains can so easily be hijacked by dangerous drugs that are hurting our community.   

For more information on this free and informative community event please visit the eventbrite page below for registration or contact Scott Berry at 423-774-4036.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-addicted-brain-tickets-37890026088?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&aff=escb&utm-source=cp&utm-term=listing

Filed Under: Community, FEATURED POSTS, News

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.

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