Category Archives: drugs
With overdoses on the rise, opioid programs come to Morris
- Four Prosecutor’s Office heroin programs heading to Morris towns
In a continued effort to fight the heroin and opioid epidemic, the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office is hosting four symposiums in several county high schools over the next few weeks.
In Morris County, fatal opiate overdoses jumped from 43 in 2015 to 64 in 2016. There have been at least 23 overdoses so far in 2017, on track to greatly exceed last year’s total.
Prosecutor Fredric Knapp is hoping the ongoing public programs will continue to raise awareness of the heroin and opioid epidemic and show how to combat it.
Prograns will be held in: Montville, Roxbury, Dover, and Kinnelon
Click the link below to read the full story:
http://www.dailyrecord.com/story/news/local/morris-county/2017/04/20/overdoses-rise-opioid-programs-come-morris/100702728/
Recovery Mentoring in the News
Click the link below to watch “Jersey Matters.”
Morris County Prevention is Key and Center for Addiction, Recovery, and Success (CARES) are featured and discuss some of the new methods we are using to combat addiction.
Reporter, Sherry Karabin, talks with some of the amazing people we work with to learn about the life-saving drug Narcan, and focus on an amazing Mentor Program, to help recovering addicts.
Jersey Matters
Please visit the CARES website to learn more about the Mentor Program and how you can get involved.
Pinwheel Project
40 Pequannock Township High School students placed 500 pinwheels across the front lawn of the school the day before the homecoming football game – to spread awareness about the dangers of underage drinking.
The Pinwheel Project is designed to visually represent the 5,000 youth who die as a result of alcohol yearly.
“Each pinwheel represents 10 deaths due to underage drinking,” said Phyllis Minicuci, Project Coordinator for the Pequannock Township Coalition. “It’s a very powerful statement and I’m proud of the students. They stepped up and did a terrific job.”
Read the full story in The Daily Record here.
July Newsletter
Check out this month’s newsletter:
Coalition Newsletter July
Featured this month:
- Tips on how to keep teens safe this summer, and teen tips on fun safe things to do!
- Our upcoming events, such as the Unite to Face Addiction event in Washington D.C., and Darryl Strawberry tells his story at Morris Knolls High School.
JESSE TEDESCO RIDE FOR RECOVERY RUN
Join us to support recovery! ALL PROCEEDS GO TO THOSE IN RECOVERY!
