The Mercer County Quick Response Team tries to contact residents who have recently overdosed on drugs, offering them information on how to sign up for treatment. If no one answers the door, team members leave a yellow door hanger asking them to call the team for help.
CELINA - Mercer County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Gery Thobe every week or so ambles up to and knocks on the door of a drug user's residence, not necessarily as a law enforcement officer but as a concerned member of the community offering a helping hand. [
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