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Local healthcare professionals offer help for those with opioid dependence

On the evening of Monday, Oct. 21, more than 40 community members convened at the Community Ambulance Service with one common goal: to initiate a community-wide discussion on opioid use.

"The Transcript" is now bringing that discussion to the page, so that readers can be aware of the risks associated with opioid use as well as options to decrease opioid dependency.

Opioids are substances deriv...