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Virtual Event
June 12, 2025
11:00 am - 3:30 pm
50% of those involved in substance use treatment have a history of brain injury, and this estimate is even higher among those who also have mental illness. Those who survive opioid overdose can experience brain damage because of lack of oxygen to the brain. Individuals who misuse substances are also more susceptible to brain injuries (more…)
Joining Forces Coordinates Prevention & Recovery Efforts to Save Lives
There’s strength in numbers, and Compass Mark is now part of a collaboration that brings together key organizations in Lancaster County’s efforts to reduce deaths from opioids and heroin. Joining Forces is a group of local government and community organizations…
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To Treat or Not to Treat?
“Fentanyl overdose survivors require little if any hospital treatment.” Study that sentence carefully. It’s the headline of an article describing results of a recently published Canadian study. Further on, the article states, “75 per cent of the fentanyl overdose patients…
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