This week on the Upper Cape Catch, host and producer Gilda Geist takes a look into addiction, substance use, and recovery on the Upper Cape. In this episode, you’ll hear three stories: one about the Falmouth Commission on Substance Use’s newest member, Richard Corey Jr.; one about a young man who was killed in Falmouth after battling addiction for much of his life; and one about a local effort led by Doris Kraemer to get emergency opioid overdose kits, or Naloxboxes, into buildings around the Upper Cape.

In this episode, you heard an abridged version of “In The Wake Of A Tragedy” by Noelle Annonen. Click here to read the full version.

Get in touch with Richard Corey at the Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office:

rcorey@bsheriff.net

508-563-4382

Get in touch with Doris Kraemer at Learn To Cope:

dkraemer@learn2cope.org

https://learn2cope.org/about/meet-us/

Get free Narcan and fentanyl test strips from AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod:

ASGCC Falmouth Office

Client Services & Prevention

31 Teaticket Highway, Unit 1-6

East Falmouth, MA 02536

Phone: 774.763.6656

ASGCC Hyannis Office

Client Services & Prevention

428 South Street

Hyannis, MA 02601

Phone: 508.778.1954

Music and sound:

1910 - The Flatterer by Victor Herbert Orchestra is licensed under a Public Domain Mark 1.0 License.

Falmouth select board audio courtesy FCTV. Watch the full recording ⁠here⁠.

J. S. Bach: Prelude in C - BWV 846 by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

Salue by Kai Engel is licensed under a Attribution License.

Vanlig by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International License.

Which That Is This? by Doctor Turtle is licensed under a Attribution License.