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Demascus Wright, 66, says he is grateful for the treatment and recovery programs he received from Harris County Jail during a press conference introducing a new Opioid Overdose Prevention Program on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019, in Houston. Wright said he was addicted to opioid and had too many resources before he was arrested for heroin possession in 2017. He is happy that he got his life back after going through the program at Harris County. With a $2 million grant from the CDC, Harris County Public Health and Baylor College of Medicine are launching the new Opioid Overdose Prevention Program.
Demascus Wright, 66, says he is grateful for the treatment and recovery programs he received from Harris County Jail during a press conference introducing a new Opioid Overdose Prevention Program on Tuesday,
Photo: Yi-Chin Lee, Houston Chronicle / Staff Photographer
Demascus Wright, 66, says he is grateful for the treatment and recovery programs he received from Harris County Jail during a press conference introducing a new Opioid Overdose Prevention Program on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019, in Houston. Wright said he was addicted to opioid and had too many resources before he was arrested for heroin possession in 2017. He is happy that he got his life back after going through the program at Harris County. With a $2 million grant from the CDC, Harris County Public Health and Baylor College of Medicine are launching the new Opioid Overdose Prevention Program.
Demascus Wright, 66, says he is grateful for the treatment and recovery programs he received from Harris County Jail during a press conference introducing a new Opioid Overdose Prevention Program on Tuesday,
Photo: Yi-Chin Lee, Houston Chronicle / Staff Photographer
Harris County Public Health officials will be going door-to-door this weekend to speak with residents about their disaster preparedness.
HCPH will be knocking on doors in the Cypress and Klein areas on Feb. 22 to conduct the Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response, or CASPER, survey. The survey is meant to give HCPH information on ways to be better prepare for disasters and emergencies like Hurricane Harvey and other natural disasters.
Norm Uhl, public information officer for Cypress Creek EMS, said HCPH has used CCEMS classrooms to train their employees and will be using the information to educate residents as well. HCPH announced the survey on Twitter and their website
“They’re going door-to-door to try to identify people that still haven’t come back from Harvey, and they’re also going to do some questioning and informational, educational stuff on being ready for a disaster.”
Residents who take the survey will not be asked for their name or identification according to HCPH. Residents will also receive a bag of health and preparedness information.
For more information, visit http://publichealth.harriscountytx.gov/.
