REALTOR® Education Session: Opioids 101

From the City of Meriden:

June 4, 2021

The Meriden Department of Health and Human Services, Rushford, and the Meriden Healthy Youth Coalition will be holding an education breakfast for local REALTORS® on how they can partner with public health to address the current opioid epidemic.

The session will be held on Tuesday, June 22, 2021 from 8:15 – 9:15am at the Meriden Department of Health and Human Services, 165 Miller Street on the second floor in the Teen Room.

The presentation will include an overview of the current opioid crisis, tips on what you can do as a REALTOR® during open houses and showings to prevent prescription drug theft, and provide you with resources to give to your clients.

REALTORS® can RSVP to Elizabeth DeMerchant, Public Health Educator, at (203) 630-4288 or edemerchant@meridenct.gov by June 18, 2021. Space is limited to maintain social distancing. We request that masks be worn after breakfast is consumed.

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Contact: Lea Crown, Director of Health and Human Services, (203) 630-4221, lcrown@meridenct.gov

This press release was produced by the City of Meriden. The views expressed here are the author’s own.