Hanley Center and the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office joined forces recently to co-present their first annual Palm Beach County Drug Abuse Summit on Tuesday, December 3. Presented as a free community service and open to the public, the event attracted an audience of nearly 150 people to the Hanley Resource Center auditorium. Covering a wide range of provocative topics, the Summit was broken down into four separate panel discussions – each exploring the drug abuse pandemic from a different perspective.

 

“The Palm Beach County Drug Abuse Summit’s mission is to effectively restrict the impact of the prescription and synthetic drug pandemic and its far-reaching effects through common awareness, communication and networking within our communities locally, regionally and nationally,” said Dr. Rachel Docekal, CEO of Hanley Center Foundation and vice president of external relations for Caron Treatment Centers. “We are grateful to these esteemed leaders who participated in this important event and hope that it incites a continued impactful discussion of issues and solutions.”

 

Pictured is Sheriff Ric Bradshaw and Dr. Rachel Docekal. Photo by Lila Photo.