Dallas Gay, staunch opioid recovery advocate who had ‘great love for people,’ dies at 80 - Gainesville Times

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Dallas Gay, staunch opioid recovery advocate who had ‘great love for people,’ dies at 80

Dallas Gay, an organizer for Partnership for a Drug Free Hall, poses for a portrait in Gainesville, on Oct. 13, 2017. - photo by David Barnes

10192017 DALLAS 0003.jpg — Dallas Gay, an organizer for Partnership for a Drug Free Hall, poses for a portrait in Gainesville, on Oct. 13, 2017. - photo by David Barnes

Seeing his grandson become addicted to opioids, Dallas Gay started to do his research on the addictive nature of these painkillers.