Lieutenant Steve Dorris
Public Information Officer
(281) 420-6617
steve.dorris@baytown.org Rick Davis
City Manager
Prescription Drug Abuse: A Dose of Reality Town Hall Meeting
The Baytown Police Department is proud to announce we will be partnering with The Southeast
Harris Community Coalition (SEHCCP), a program of Bay Area Council on Drugs and Alcohol
(BACODA) and Lee College as they present Prescription Drug Abuse: A Dose of Reality, a
community town hall meeting.
Prescription drug abuse is a growing problem across the country, particularly the abuse of
opioids, such as hydrocodone or oxycodone. There is a mistaken assumption that prescription
drugs are safer than illicit drugs because they are legally prescribed. Opioids are highly addictive
and it’s easy to develop a tolerance, which means more of the drug is required to cause the
same effects, which can lead to accidental overdose and even death.
On behalf of BACODA, Lee College, The City of Baytown Emergency Medical Services and The
Baytown Police Department, we would like to invite our media partners and our community
members to join us for this Town Hall Meeting on April 18th. The event is free and open to the
public; there will be an opening reception from 5:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. with the Town Hall to run
from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. The event is being held in the Rundell Hall Conference Center at Lee
College in Baytown, located at 200 Lee Drive. The event will include several guest speakers and
culminate with an expert panel discussion to answer any questions the audience may have. Our
hope is not only to bring attention to this growing epidemic but also to educate the public on
how they can help fight it and provide them with resources should they find themselves or a
loved one already in the fight against addiction.
