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Opioid epidemic awareness group gives call to action at forum

Leaders, health professionals, residents join in discussion about drug addiction

Deb Bailey, executive director of governmental affairs at Northeast Georgia Health Systems, tells the audience of the statistics surrounding the opioid epidemic Tuesday at the Brenau Downtown Center in Gainesville. The event was part of the Partnership for a Drug Free Hall’s forum series called “Not My Family.” - photo by Nick Watson

09272017 DRUGFREE — Deb Bailey, executive director of governmental affairs at Northeast Georgia Health Systems, tells the audience of the statistics surrounding the opioid epidemic Tuesday at the Brenau Downtown Center in Gainesville. The event was part of the Partnership for a Drug Free Hall’s forum series called “Not My Family.” - photo by Nick Watson

Standing in front of a bespeckled U.S. map representing overdoses, Deb Bailey told an audience of a “plague” of opioids.