Scouting USA

I was a Cub Scout (my mother was a den leader) and later was a Boy Scout with 10 merit badges and served as an assistant senior patrol leader.

All these years later, now I’ve joined the executive board of the Miami Valley Council of the Boy Scouts!

Saving a life with Naloxone

Dayton, Ohio where I live now has been ranked No. 1 in the nation for opioid deaths. Very sad. I was a Boy Scout back in the day, so the "Be Prepared" motto is still always on my mind. I was able to receive NARCAN training the other night from Project DAWN (Deaths Avoided With Naloxone) and received two doses of Naloxone, a medication that can reverse an overdose that is caused by an opioid drug. I'm prepared!

Project DAWN website

FBIPCAAA - May 20, 2017 - "Street, Script and Synthetic - Addictive and Deadly"

The workshop was held at the BSA headquarters.  

So yesterday I attended a workshop, "Street, Script and Synthetic - Addictive and Deadly", presented by Stephanie Siete, director of Community Education at Community Bridges. She gave us a greater understanding of the harrowing and growing opiate addiction in our communities. I also got to sit with my friend Max Miguel, who I had dinner with (and our wives too) just last week at Sassi's Italian restaurant in Scottsdale, Arizona. The presentation was so good that I suggested today at a meeting of the board of the Phoenix Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists that we ask Ms. Siete to speak at one of our meetings.