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Panel On Addiction Awareness Set For Saturday

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Erich Martin
District Attorney Matt Weintraub speaking about heroin in 2014.
Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com

An addiction awareness panel to combat the opioid and heroin epidemic sweeping Bucks County will be held in Croydon this Saturday.

The panel will be headed by Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick, a former FBI special agent, and Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub. The duo will be joined by local leaders, according to a flyer put out for the event.

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The panel will share enhanced and updated information with the community about the opiate addiction, the flyer reads and push neighborhoods towards a prospering future.

Following the event, light refreshments will be served.

In addition to delivering information about addiction awareness, letters of sympathy for the families of the four men who were killed in Solebury will be accepted and delivered. Donations to the Network of Victim Assistance, or NOVA, will be accepted during the panel as well. NOVA representatives and volunteers were present to aid the families of the four missing men during the search.

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The panel is set for Saturday at St. Thomas Aquinas’ Church Hall beginning at 10 a.m. The church is located at 601 Bristol Pike in Bristol Township’s Croydon section.

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Erich Martin

Erich Martin attended Bucks County Community College for two years where he was the Co-Editor in Chief of the Centurion, the college newspaper. Erich graduated from Temple University with a degree in Journalism. Erich was recognized at the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association Foundation’s Keystone Press Awards in 2014 for general news. In downtime, Erich enjoys spending time with friends and family. Aside from spending time with family and reporting news, Erich loves getting engrossed in a great game, book, or movie.