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At the heart of the HSPD program is peer recovery specialist Sean Willits, 33, an Army veteran who himself overcame an addiction that nearly took his life 14 times.
For Red Ribbon Week, the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) partnered with Arkansas PBS for a new documentary 7 Days: The Opioid Crisis in Arkansas.
Arkansas leaders in the effort to stop the abuse and trafficking of life-threatening opioid drugs said Wednesday that it must be an all-hands-on-deck fight to get in front of "this horrific animal" that is nationally causing 257 deaths a day.