Portman tours Adena in Chillicothe; hears stories from women in recovery
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Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) this week toured the Adena Pregnancy Center in Chillicothe, which provides women addicted to drugs with counseling and treatment to help them break out of the grip of addiction.
He then hosted a roundtable with men and women living in Ross County who are dealing with the struggles of addiction every day. Portman also spoke with the Ross County Heroin Partnership about how CARA would provide resources for treatment centers and recovery programs in rural Ohio.
The visit was the seventh stop on his seven-city tour across Ohio to highlight his Comprehensive Addiction & Recovery Act (CARA), which was signed into law by President Obama on July 22, 2016 after being passed by overwhelming bipartisan majorities of the House and Senate.
“Today in Chillicothe, I heard from and men and women struggling with drug addiction and one thing is certain: there is hope,” said Portman. “Over the last four days, I’ve visited seven cities to highlight CARA and learn more about the innovative programs now in place to combat this epidemic across the state. We must ensure that recovering addicts – from veterans in Youngstown to pregnant women in Chillicothe – get the care and treatment they need and deserve. I will continue to do my part on the federal level to help tackle the heroin and prescription drug epidemic devastating our communities.”
NOTE: CARA was signed into law by President Obama on July 22, 2016 after being passed on an overwhelmingly bipartisan basis in the House and Senate. The law will help combat the devastating heroin and prescription drug epidemic by focusing on funding, treatment, prevention, recovery, overdose reversal, access to treatment, law enforcement and criminal justice reform. In his push to get CARA signed into law, Portman made numerous visits across the state helping to raise awareness to the disease of addiction, including meeting with women in recovery in places like the Bassett House outside of Athens and the Erin Helms Recovery home as a part of this tour in Lakewood. Portman worked hard to ensure that his legislation would help women and babies in recovery.
He then hosted a roundtable with men and women living in Ross County who are dealing with the struggles of addiction every day. Portman also spoke with the Ross County Heroin Partnership about how CARA would provide resources for treatment centers and recovery programs in rural Ohio.
The visit was the seventh stop on his seven-city tour across Ohio to highlight his Comprehensive Addiction & Recovery Act (CARA), which was signed into law by President Obama on July 22, 2016 after being passed by overwhelming bipartisan majorities of the House and Senate.
“Today in Chillicothe, I heard from and men and women struggling with drug addiction and one thing is certain: there is hope,” said Portman. “Over the last four days, I’ve visited seven cities to highlight CARA and learn more about the innovative programs now in place to combat this epidemic across the state. We must ensure that recovering addicts – from veterans in Youngstown to pregnant women in Chillicothe – get the care and treatment they need and deserve. I will continue to do my part on the federal level to help tackle the heroin and prescription drug epidemic devastating our communities.”
NOTE: CARA was signed into law by President Obama on July 22, 2016 after being passed on an overwhelmingly bipartisan basis in the House and Senate. The law will help combat the devastating heroin and prescription drug epidemic by focusing on funding, treatment, prevention, recovery, overdose reversal, access to treatment, law enforcement and criminal justice reform. In his push to get CARA signed into law, Portman made numerous visits across the state helping to raise awareness to the disease of addiction, including meeting with women in recovery in places like the Bassett House outside of Athens and the Erin Helms Recovery home as a part of this tour in Lakewood. Portman worked hard to ensure that his legislation would help women and babies in recovery.