Fighting Addiction

Authorities using all resources to combat drug use

  • From left, Putnam County Sheriff’s Office Maj. Steve Rose, Maj. Scott Surrency and Col. Joe Wells stand in the sheriff’s office after explaining the resources they have to help people struggling with substance use.
    From left, Putnam County Sheriff’s Office Maj. Steve Rose, Maj. Scott Surrency and Col. Joe Wells stand in the sheriff’s office after explaining the resources they have to help people struggling with substance use.
Putnam County Sheriff’s Office deputies said they wouldn’t consider the county in a drug epidemic. But they said drug users have started to trade opioids for other substances.  Deputies said the…

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