Dr. Anthony Steele – Alcohol and Drug Services (ADS)

Anthony Steele Attends NC Heroin Summit

Thursday, 04 June 2015 by Max Menius

Anthony Steele is the Director of Medical Services at Alcohol and Drug Services. In the video below, Dr. Steele addresses a variety of questions about Piedmont Triad community concerns regarding the local opioid addiction problem. A focus of the Heroin Summit was on the multi-level benefits of instituting harm reduction tools in the community to

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North Carolina Public Radio on Heroin Addiction

Tuesday, 21 October 2014 by Max Menius

WUNC Greensboro Bureau Chief, Jeff Tiberii, recently conducted a series of interviews on the growing opioid/heroin addiction problem facing North Carolina. Jeff’s story was distributed on National Public Radio’s Here and Now news program and presented an informative summary of this extremely important health issue affecting so many North Carolina families. Participating in the interviews were

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Greensboro News and Record Covers Opiate Addiction

Tuesday, 12 August 2014 by Max Menius

The Greensboro News and Record has provided an informative series on local opioid addiction, overdose reversal using naloxone, and addiction treatment. The online versions of these stories contain two videos: one that profiles the brave recovery journey of a young mother presently in ADS’ Opioid Treatment Program and another video in which Dr. Anthony Steele

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Heroin Addiction A Growing Problem In High Point

Tuesday, 15 July 2014 by Max Menius

The High Point Enterprise recently posted an article on the continued rash of opioid overdoses in the Piedmont Triad community – particularly in High Point, NC. Addressed in the article was the October 2012 closing of the area’s only opioid treatment program which was successfully operated by Alcohol and Drug Services (ADS). Despite helping many

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Heroin Overdoses in High Point

Monday, 05 May 2014 by Max Menius

High Point police are investigating a series of opioid overdoses in High Point, NC. An article by local Fox News 8 specifically mentions 5 deaths and 21 known overdoses that have occurred just since March, and which have increased concern among those in the local community. In the Fox video below, Dr. David Fisher addresses