Join as The Country Bookshop is hosting a panel discussion on Substance Use Disorder, the Opioid Crisis and Potential Solutions. The event takes place on Thursday, July 18th from 7pm-8pm. The event centers around Susan Bartz Herrick and her memoir, “Slow Dancing With the Devil: A Son’s Substance Use Disorder, A Mother’s Anguish.” Dr. Arun Gupta, author of “The Preventable Epidemic: A Frontline Doctor’s Experience and Recommendations to Resolve America’s Opioid Crisis,” will join the panel from Monroe, MI. He describes Susan’s book as “a call for a strategic reset in fighting America’s opioid epidemic.”

“The memoir chronicles Susan’s experience after her son, Luke Paschal, survived a near-fatal car accident that left him partially paralyzed and addicted to Ocycontin, the drug that helped save his life. Susan addresses failed public policies, misguided medical practices, societal stigmas, and support for those afflicted with Substance Use Disorder. Luke’s death in 2021 was mourned by many at Brownson Memorial Presbyterian Church and at Forest Creek Golf Club, where he was a scratch golfer.”

It is free to attend; however, please register. For full details and online registration, follow the website event link provided below.