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CDC Reports Significant Jump In Overdose Deaths Nationwide
This week, the Centers for Disease Control reported a significant increase in overdose deaths in 2020. State experts said it has severely impacted Oklahoma.
Across the country, 93,000 people died from an overdose in 2020, which is nearly a 30 percent increase from the year before.
Green Country mother Layla Freeman lost her daughter to an overdose in 2013. It hurts my heart on a daily basis, Freeman said. I don t want any other parent to go through what I ve gone through personally.
Freeman said part of her isn t surprised the numbers increasing during the pandemic, but she also said it never gets easier seeing families grieve.
DEA Awards Light Of Hope With 2020 Community Drug Prevention Award
The Drug Enforcement Administration awarded a Green Country woman and her nonprofit with the 2020 Community Drug Prevention Award Thursday.
Layla Freeman is the CEO of Light of Hope. The organization educates thousands of students in Northeast Oklahoma on drug prevention.
Freeman’s daughter died from a drug overdose seven years ago. Since then, she’s made it her mission to educate students and families about drug addiction and prevention.
DEA Awards Light Of Hope With 2020 Community Drug Prevention Award
The Drug Enforcement Administration awarded a Green Country woman and her nonprofit with the 2020 Community Drug Prevention Award Thursday.
Layla Freeman is the CEO of Light of Hope. The organization educates thousands of students in Northeast Oklahoma on drug prevention.
Freeman’s daughter died from a drug overdose seven years ago. Since then, she’s made it her mission to educate students and families about drug addiction and prevention.
Local Organization Donates Thousands Of Dollars To Rogers County Food Pantries
Three Rogers County food pantries are restocking their shelves thanks to generous donations from the Claremore Elks Lodge.
The Elks Lodge is donating thousands of dollars to help feed those in need.
The Claremore Elks Lodge donated to different organizations every year and this year, they chose the local food banks.
“Like all the pantries, we are getting less donations; so, this will allow us to buy more of the food that we’re not getting, said Linda Polson.
Polson is the Co-director of the food banks in First United Methodist Church of Claremore. She said in December alone, they gave away 1,300 boxes of food.