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MICHAEL DUNNE: I’m Michael Dunne. You’ve heard it over and over again. Our state and community are suffering under the crisis of substance abuse and addiction. There isn’t a day that goes by when our streets, emergency rooms and jails aren’t struggling under the weight of it. Today, on the show, you’ll hear about a new, expanded treatment service from a local provider, Willamette family, called Buckley house, named after the founders of the organization. They started treating those with addiction in their own home back in the 1960s and have now opened a facility that will help with the massive burden of substance abuse. Unlike many services right now, they are actually growing with the aid of government funding. While every generation faces a new drug that creates a new generation of problems, today’s crisis with fentanyl might be the most challenging yet it takes new protocols and new and expanded services to provide help. Today on the show, you’ll hear about just such an expansion in our community. Eva Williams, Executive Director and Colleen Smith, Senior Director of Community Relations of Willamette family. Thanks to you both for coming in and talking with us.
EVA WILLIAMS/COLLEEN SMITH: Thank you so much…