This week on the Upper Cape Catch, host and producer Gilda Geist takes a look into addiction, substance use, and recovery on the Upper Cape. In this episode, you’ll hear three stories: one about the Falmouth Commission on Substance Use’s newest member, Richard Corey Jr.; one about a young man who was killed in Falmouth after battling addiction for much of his life; and one about a local effort led by Doris Kraemer to get emergency opioid overdose kits, or Naloxboxes, into buildings around the Upper Cape.
In this episode, you heard an abridged version of “In The Wake Of A Tragedy” by Noelle Annonen. Click here to read the full version.
Get in touch with Richard Corey at the Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office:
508-563-4382
Get in touch with Doris Kraemer at Learn To Cope:
https://learn2cope.org/about/meet-us/
Get free Narcan and fentanyl test strips from AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod:
ASGCC Falmouth Office
Client Services & Prevention
31 Teaticket Highway, Unit 1-6
East Falmouth, MA 02536
Phone: 774.763.6656
ASGCC Hyannis Office
Client Services & Prevention
428 South Street
Hyannis, MA 02601
Phone: 508.778.1954
More information on fentanyl and safe use:
Fentanyl Facts and Fiction: A Safety Guide for First Responders
To get a sample tested, reach out to maddsbrandeis@gmail.com or your local syringe services program. MADDS is an ongoing drug checking program, and will continue to test any and all samples sent to them.
Music and sound:
1910 - The Flatterer by Victor Herbert Orchestra is licensed under a Public Domain Mark 1.0 License.
Falmouth select board audio courtesy FCTV. Watch the full recording here.
J. S. Bach: Prelude in C - BWV 846 by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.
Salue by Kai Engel is licensed under a Attribution License.
Vanlig by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International License.
Which That Is This? by Doctor Turtle is licensed under a Attribution License.
