BY: STAFF REPORT | BocaNewsNow.com
DELRAY BEACH, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2024 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — It may not be something you think about every day, or every week, but there is a crack cocaine problem in Palm Beach County and it has a huge impact on a significant part of the population. That’s why PBC and several local agencies are partnering to find solutions. A public meeting is set to be held later this week. Here’s the information that Palm Beach County shared with BocaNewsNow.com:
Join the Palm Beach County Community Services Department, the Drug Abuse Foundation of Palm Beach County Inc., Unify of Palm Beach County, Southeast Florida Behavioral Health Network and Florida Rights Restoration Coalition Inc. for a discussion on the effects of the crack cocaine epidemic and what can be done locally to reverse them.
The free event will take place on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024, from 5:30 to 8 p.m., at the Drug Abuse Foundation, 400 S. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach, 33444. The purpose of the event is to understand the local impact of the crack cocaine epidemic and the War on Drugs and explore strategies and solutions to build community resilience.
The moderator is Rae Whitely, from Faith in Florida, and panelists include Alton Taylor, from the Drug Abuse Foundation of Palm Beach County Inc.; Ann Berner, from the Southeast Florida Behavioral Health Network; Chuck Ridley from Unify of Palm Beach County; and Desmond Meade, from the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition Inc. Local residents, government employees, members of nonprofits and foundations, business leaders and the media are invited to attend the event.
Well how retro… There was even documentary about this thirty-five years ago, filmed in Palm Beach County (it’s on YouTube). The more things change the more they stay the same, and frankly the only way to ever solve the drug problem is making international smuggling a capital offence.
There will always be a drug problem. It doesn’t matter where you live either. The drugs today are extremely dangerous. If you take them, you don’t know what you are taking. It could be anything. Get off of them!