“We are heading in the right direction,” Adkins said at the 13th Heroin Summit held Monday morning at Atrium Medical Center. “This is the most active we have ever been.”
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When faced with the epidemic that cost the city more than $2 million last year, Adkins said he challenged people. Some of the conversations were combative, he said.
“I had to get them angry enough to get their heads out of the ground,” he said.
Adkins said the number of heroin overdoses are falling in the city, thanks to improvements made by those who have attended the Heroin Summits.
Adkins said other city leaders have commented and asked how the city got ahead of the drug crisis.
“We are Middletown,” Adkins told those in the room. “We lead. We don’t follow.”
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