Media contact:
Nicole Dailey Jones: 216‐263‐4602, 216‐338‐0863 or ndjones@cuyahogacounty.us
John O’Brien: 216.698.2099 or jfobrien@cuyahogacounty.us





CLEVELAND –Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald, Medical Examiner Dr. Thomas Gilson and Sheriff Bob Reid join county‐wide law enforcement and medical experts in a focused initiative on heroin and heroin related deaths in Cuyahoga County. The face of heroin use has changed dramatically:  affecting all races, all socio‐economic classes, both sexes and the inner and outer‐ring suburbs ‐ all have been tragically impacted by heroin.

WHAT:  Cuyahoga County Heroin Initiative

WHO:
Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald
Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner Dr. Thomas Gilson
Dr. Papp, MetroHealth Emergency Room Attending Physician
Cuyahoga County Sheriff Bob Reid
Craig Tame, U.S. Attorney’s Office
Chief Clayton Harris, President, Cuyahoga County Police Chiefs Association
Vince Caraffi, Cuyahoga County Board of Health; Chair, Opiate Task Force

WHEN: Wednesday, September 26th, 2012, 10:00 a.m.

WHERE:
County Administration Building,
Multi‐Purpose Room 4th Floor
1219 Ontario Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44113