Out of the Dark

The Problem. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention the illness of pain medicine substance use disorder is now a national epidemic and as Joseph Rannazzisi, DEA Deputy Assistant Administrator/Deputy Chief of Operations Office of Diversion Control, accurately reported at the 2012 National Rx Summit,

“We’re gonna lose a whole generation of kids to heroin because they started with hydro(codone).”

The collateral damage caused from this illness has now become a common thread that runs through most every issue communities and governments face today, from educational opportunity loss, crime rates and public safety, loss of economic productively, environmental contamination, immigration issues and public service burden spending, in addition to the destruction of so many families and local businesses.
The Solution. Out of the Dark is a community volunteer movement that started in the fall of 2008 after several people in Jonesboro, Arkansas, felt the need to stand up and do something about the horrible impact that the illness of drug addiction, and its resulting collateral damage, had been causing to their community. What they found out was that if each community will get involved in addressing their own local problems through the "Local Level Up" community model then we can effectively confront this monster that has been stealing so many of our children away.Together we will make a difference! Join the Out of the Dark Movement!