Charrise Lindsey and Crystal Blackshear, of LifeSeeds LLC, wear their message on their shirts during the community dialogue on the “Heroin Crisis” in the region, on Monday April, 4, 2016 at the St. Mary’s Conference Center.
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — In his opening remarks at Prestera Center’s “Solving the Heroin Crisis” town hall panel discussion Monday night, Huntington Mayor Steve Williams read off a 10-point check list from the Massachusetts Municipal Association sent to him by the White House.
The list included equipping first responders with naloxone, increasing public awareness, piloting innovative programs based on local needs and encouraging collaboration.
“Ten recommendations that little Huntington, West Virginia, is already doing,” Williams said. “We are already doing it. If you are sick and tired of being embarrassed, square your shoulders and lift your head high. We have a mighty problem here, but we have a mighty community that are going so much further beyond what any other community across the nation is doing. Make no mistake about it.”
More than 100 people filled the St. Mary’s Center for Continuing Education until it was standing room only…