CAB Donates Phones to Verizon Wireless

CAB Health & Recovery Services, Inc., a non-profit substance abuse agency, donated its old cell phones to the Verizon Wireless’ HopeLine® phone recycling program.

Founded in 2001, the Verizon Wireless HopeLine® Program assists victims of domestic violence by refurbishing cell phones for no-cost distribution – including 3,000 free minutes--to domestic-violence programs, or by re-selling the phone parts and then donating the proceeds to the cause.  For women at risk of abuse, telephone contact can mean the difference between living or dying.

The CAB Health & Recovery Services donation was spearheaded by Jack Fisher, the agency’s director of Information Technology.

Individuals, families or companies may donate cell phones to the HopeLine Program by either dropping off phones at any Verizon Wireless Communications Store or by contacting the website, www.verizonwireless.com/hopeline

 

Following our agency's selection as a pilot Narcan program, our outreach staff are now being trained to educate the public in the use of the medication kits. We will be doing outreach to families, active (opioid) drug-users or anyone who needs information and training to use this medication. The Mass. Department of Public Health is providing technical assistance and the medication, Narcan. For more information, call 781-592-4477.

Click here for general information about Narcan (naloxone) medication kits:
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21600008

Also, the article below gives additional information on how opioid drug users may be saved from fatal overdose.

The Mass. Department of Public Health has selected CAB Health & Recovery Services, Inc. as one of four statewide pilot sites for an innovative Narcan program. The program aims to reverse fatal drug overdoses.

In the physician-supervised pilot program, counselors will educate, train and engage families and opiate (heroin and Oxycontin) drug users around getting into detox or treatment. And, failing that, it will provide training and provide doses of nasal Narcan, which blocks the effects of the opiate drugs (heroin or Oxycontin) and allows someone who is overdosing to breath again. In a similar Boston-city project, the Narcan pilot program has enrolled 300 clients and has resulted in a reported 50 drug overdoses being reversed.

The CAB Narcan outreach program is open to everyone on the North Shore—including family-education nights to teach the signs of drug use and how to prevent death. Other selected pilot sites include Northampton, Provincetown, and New Bedford. Boston and Cambridge is already operating similar programs.

The problem of opiate overdose in the Commonwealth is real. Between 1990 and 2005, the number of fatal overdoses rose from 100 to 544. Other articles on the program are here:

http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/

For more information, call 781-592-4477 or e-mail us at info@cabhealth.org

Call and request our bright new brochure!

We have just published a colorful new brochure to tell you more about our various programs. The brochure is now available in Spanish. To order the brochure or to gain any other information on our programs, call 978-968-1700.

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Dear Dr. Levy:

I have heard that one line of cocaine can lead to addiction. But I know many people who have used cocaine and never got addicted. What is the truth and can using a drug one time lead to addiction? Thanks.

You ask a great question and let me share with you some information about this. In general, most people who have tried drugs do not get addicted ...

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