How to Help Someone With a Drug Addiction
By Marie BradbySergeant Brittney Garrett, a nine-year veteran officer with the Jeffersontown Police Department, had seen enough — the rising number of drug overdoses and overdose deaths in Jefferson County, the climbing rates of crime, and the overwhelming number of drug addicts detoxing in jail cells.“I was talking with a friend about the war on drugs,” says Brittney, 31, “and he told me about a program in Gloucester, Massachusetts. I said, ‘It’s either groundbreaking or crazy.’ ”In 2015, the Gloucester Police Department created the “Angel Program,” a new policing effort aimed at getting addicts treatment [...]
