The Siegal Lifelong Learning Program’s Addiction and the Opioid Crisis: Revelations of Recovery, Community Action and Our Legal System series will continue Thursday, Oct. 4, with a discussion titled “The Opioid Crisis Facing Our Courts: A Judge’s Perspective.”
Dan Aaron Polster, United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern Districtof Ohio, will lead this session, which will begin at 7 p.m. at the Landmark Centre (25700 Science Park Drive, Beachwood). The series is free and open to the public.
Register for the full series on the Siegal Lifelong Learning website.
Talk details
Judge Polster was handed groundbreaking cases when they chose him to work on the lawsuits brought upon the pharmaceutical companies by cities, counties and Native American tribes throughout the U.S.
He will walk attendees through how he came to his decisions on how to handle these suits and the difficulties he faces.
About the series
The series seeks to educate the local community on the growing opioid crisis, its dangers, the people who fight each day to make our community safe and the professionals working to help people suffering with the disease of addiction.
Kevin Adelstein, publisher and CEO of the Cleveland Jewish News, will moderate the discussion for each of the events in the series.
The following three events remain:
- “The Opioid Crisis Facing Our Courts: A Judge’s Perspective” Oct. 4;
- “Addiction to Recovery: Circle of Caring for Self, Others and Community” Oct. 25; and
- “Addiction and Suicide: Correlations and How a Community Responds” Dec. 6.
Sheryl Hirsh, assistant director of Jewish Lifelong Learning for the program, first created the series three years ago in memory of her daughter, Melissa Rae Koppel.
This series is co-sponsored by The Jewish Federation of Cleveland, Cleveland Jewish News and is presented in loving memory of Melissa Rae Koppel.
Siegal Lifelong Learning encourages contributions to the Melissa Rae Fund in Support of Addiction Advocacy, Understanding and Change.