{"id":34333,"date":"2020-05-01T10:33:34","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T14:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=34333"},"modified":"2020-05-01T10:33:34","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T14:33:34","slug":"listen-community-matters-patricia-brinkman-discusses-chemical-dependency-and-available-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/listen-community-matters-patricia-brinkman-discusses-chemical-dependency-and-available-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"[LISTEN] Community Matters &#8211; Patricia Brinkman Discusses Chemical Dependency and Available Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/811315174&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=true&amp;hide_related=true&amp;show_comments=false&amp;show_user=false&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"WRFARadio\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/wrfaradio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WRFARadio<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Community Matters - Patricia Brinkman Discusses Chemical Dependency and Available Resources\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/wrfaradio\/community-matters-patricia-brinkman-discusses-chemical-dependency-and-available-resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Community Matters &#8211; Patricia Brinkman Discusses Chemical Dependency and Available Resources<\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/wrfaradio\/community-matters-patricia-brinkman-discusses-chemical-dependency-and-available-resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>AUDIO ALSO AVAILABLE ON SOUNDCLOUD<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There&#8217;s been a rise of drug overdoses and overdose fatalities in Chautauqua County during March and April 2020. WRFA&#8217;s Jason Sample talks with <strong>Patricia Brinkman<\/strong>, director of the <strong>Chautauqua County Department of Mental Hygiene<\/strong>, to learn more about the recent crisis and also to share details about what resources are available for people dealing with chemical dependency.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/chautauqua-county-seal-2006.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"654\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/legislature-to-consider-2014-budget-tonight\/chautauqua-county-seal-2006\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/chautauqua-county-seal-2006.jpg?fit=887%2C887&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"887,887\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Chautauqua County Seal 2006\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/chautauqua-county-seal-2006.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/chautauqua-county-seal-2006.jpg?fit=887%2C887&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-654 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/chautauqua-county-seal-2006.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/chautauqua-county-seal-2006.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/chautauqua-county-seal-2006.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/chautauqua-county-seal-2006.jpg?resize=90%2C90&amp;ssl=1 90w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/chautauqua-county-seal-2006.jpg?w=887&amp;ssl=1 887w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<br>More Posts for Show: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/show\/community-matters\/#show-posts\">Community Matters<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WRFARadio \u00b7 Community Matters &#8211; Patricia Brinkman Discusses Chemical Dependency and Available Resources &nbsp; AUDIO ALSO AVAILABLE ON SOUNDCLOUD There&#8217;s been a rise of drug overdoses and overdose fatalities in Chautauqua County during March and April 2020. 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