2 addiction counselors at halfway house die of drug overdose

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2 addiction counselors at halfway house die of drug overdose

WEST CHESTER, Pa. — Two addiction counselors at a suburban Philadelphia halfway house died of opioid overdoses inside the facility on the same day, authorities said Wednesday.

"If anybody is wondering how bad the opioid epidemic has become, this case is a frightening example," said Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan. "Opioids are a monster that is slowly consuming our population."

Emergency responders were called to Freedom Ridge Recovery Lodge on Sunday afternoon after residents found the counselors unresponsive in separate bedrooms.

Residents tried to revive one of the counselors with naloxone but were unsuccessful and called 911, police said.

The men lived and worked at the home as on-site counselors with six male residents. The counselors' duties included organizing daily activities for the residents and keeping medications under lock-and-key.

They died at the scene, and their identities haven't been released.

A call seeking comment from the owner of the group home, located in a quiet residential area in West Brandywine, weren't immediately returned Wednesday.

Many addiction counselors are former addicts themselves. It wasn't immediately clear if that was the case for the two who died.

Baggies stamped with a Superman logo and "danger" logo were found in the counselors' rooms and tested positive for heroin and fentanyl, officials said.

Hogan warned the public to stay away from baggies with those markings, saying they contain drugs "likely to kill anybody who uses them."

Law enforcement officers weren't even allowed to handle the drugs without special precautions "because of the extreme danger of death or injury," Hogan said.
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jfc, that must have really sucked for the residents (and of course it is very sad they OD'd, regardless of who they were).

Ah the wonders of inpatient treatment... I mean, relapse can happen in any profession, but there is something that always disturbs a bit me when folks who work at recovery centers use/relapse (or of course OD) at the actual center, exposing patients to this stuff.
 
Not suprising. Most places hire former patients as staff. Or they hire people out of the NA AA rooms. This is a prime example of why there needs to be more regulations in the treatment industry.
 
Forget where I first read this but in the comments section ppl were actually surprised. I wasn't in any way, was saddened I mean they were someone's kids ect...but when I was inpatient the 2nd time a few of the counselors looked like they may have been dipping here and there. With all the bad dope going around if you don't die you end up nodding out and get caught or semi of and come out of it...and get caught. Bring back real dope!
 
This is actually an incredibly unfortunate situation because this could have easily shattered any "strength" that the patients had worked hard to reach in their recovery journey. If nothing else this should be a slap in the face of the naive and uninformed or unconcerned American public but then again in my opinion and only an opinion for a lot of us the real Dope just wasn't cutting it anymore and everyone knows how old being a maintenance user can quickly become and on another note no it's not wise to think you would be alright to inject a fentanyl/heroin mixture unless your tolerance was already at that point and you know you can definitely handle it. But I've used a heroin/fentanyl mixture for 2 years straight and I snort it all day long as needed and I function just fine but not saying everyone can or should do this I'm just saying for some it's more than possible it's life. Good day to all
 
I just got home from helping a friend of mine who had opened a sober living house in Cincinnati. He had to close it after one month, mostly do to the fact that the house manager turned out to be a scamming idiot. But, one of the hard lessons my friend learned was that there are two types of sober living houses: Those that try to help the residents stay clean, and those that just want to make money and don't give a shit. There are PLENTY of "sober living houses" out there where you won't be kicked out for doing drugs in the rooms, dropping dirty, or selling drugs to other residents. House managers are as often as not dealers who sell to a captive clientele living in the house. And, it's these houses that stay open, because there are always a lot of people who want to give the appearance that they are trying to live sober, but still using. So houses like my friend's, where they actually enforced rules and tried to run a legit business, are often hard to fill, because the shady houses are more attractive to people struggling with addiction. Most states, like Ohio, have virtually no restrictions, regulations or laws regarding sober living houses. No certifications, no inspections, no licenses. Just a bunch of guys living in a big house, three to a room in cots, paying $100 a week to stay there, usually to keep their probation officer or drug court people happy. But the shady houses just prey on the population, suck in the people until they spend all their money on drugs, then kick them out and send them to a house like my friends', basically showing up saying, "Hey, I just paid all my rent money to another house but they kicked me out, can I stay here for free?" Like I said, he also got scammed by his house manager, who couldn't manage to get his dick in his pants long enough to run the place. It was sad. My friend is a doctor and wanted to help people, he wound up losing $20,000 and nearly going bankrupt because....well, because people are the worst, basically.
 
^sorry to hear it was such a cluster. It's good that something was tried to at least show ppl who are trying to recover that there are ppl that care and want to have rules...in my area it's basically the same but there are more restrictions and shit, but a great many of the house owners and managers are in it for the money and in some cases like you said sell to a captive demographic that would require no effort to fuck someone's progress. It is unconscionable to sell drugs to addicts in a sober living facility. Especially if that dealer is the house manager, supposed to be enforcing rules.

My landlords son is like a decade younger so he is still plummeting down, doing dumb shi ect... after a night long binge of rock heroin and bars he totalled his car by clipping through a wooden telephone pole, knocked down a bunch of electrical wires, was a huge scene. That's after he got caught stealing money off ppls cards at work (cashier) he'd do like 40 here and there in cash back or something, ended up being like 1500..

He got kicked out and his dad told me he was in a sober living place, but when he told me where it was I knew it was just a big ass dilapidated house packed with some of the worst ppl you can imagine. Didn't take long before his dad caught on and let him move back to his house because he was getting fucked up still.
 
I think drug halfway houses are beyond dumb. Why in the h wet ll anyone thinks putting a bunch of drug addicts together in one house is a good idea is beyond me. All tour going to do is cross contaminate people with fifferantdrugs. Like one guy might come in for Crack and then find methe is way bethere from a method using client. Ect in all differant directions.
 
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