Concerns raised about hotlines – The Marietta Times

By Janelle Patterson

Have you ever called one of the crisis hotlines?

That was a question posed during the three Your Voice MOV forums held last month on the opioid crisis.

The forums were held in Parkersburg, Belpre and Marietta as a mechanism to bring together professionals from the medical community, legal circles and journalists, with those actually affected by the drug epidemic ripping apart families and leaving significant fallout.

Some concern was expressed that when calling the hotlines, it takes too long to reach a real person, or that the person is only available as a referral resource.