By David Danzis New Jersey Herald Posted: Nov. 10, 2017 12:15 am An additional six police departments in Sussex County have agreed to become a part of a community-focused effort in combating the local drug epidemic through recovery. The Sussex County Community Law Enforcement Addiction Recovery, or C.L.E.A.R., program announced that police departments in Andover[…]
BY VERA OLINSKI PUBLISHED OCT 16, 2017 AT 3:31 PM (UPDATED OCT 18, 2017) VERNON — The Community, Law Enforcement, Addiction, and Recovery (CLEAR) program roll out was introduced, Oct. 11, at the Vernon Coalition meeting. Newton Police Chief Michael Richards and Vernon Township Police Chief Randy Mills explained the CLEAR program is intended to help[…]
Posted: Sep. 24, 2017 12:01 am “The problem is in our backyard and it’s a significant one.” Such was the assessment of Dr. Anthony Brutico, medical director of emergency services at Newton Medical Center and one of the panelists at a Knock Out Opioid Abuse town hall meeting held Friday in Newton. Putting statistics to[…]
ANDOVER TOWNSHIP — The opioid epidemic is very real and very much in our own backyards. So what is being done about it? That was the question at the forefront Friday morning at The Center for Prevention and Counseling during the Knock Out Opioid Abuse town hall, a series presented by the Partnership for a[…]
Posted: Jul. 30, 2017 12:01 am Celebrating its first year in operation, the Sussex County Community Law Enforcement Addiction Recovery program is comfortable, and justifiably so, adding on the tagline “Hope begins here.” Statistics shared last week at a first anniversary gathering of founders, workers, supporters, partners and clients of C.L.E.A.R. provided a clear picture[…]
By David Danzis New Jersey Herald Posted: Jul. 28, 2017 12:01 am NEWTON — Jeremy Leskow admitted that standing in front of a room filled with police officers, prosecutors, addiction specialists and elected officials was not something he could have ever imagined doing just three months ago. But, 60 days into his substance abuse recovery,[…]
By Marisa Iati miati@njadvancemedia.com, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com People struggling with addiction can now give up their drugs without being arrested and get access to free recovery services through a new Union County initiative meant to combat New Jersey’s opioid epidemic. Authorities will screen county residents who want to participate and let eligible citizens surrender their drugs and[…]
By Joe Carlson New Jersey Herald Posted: Apr. 21, 2017 2:05 pm NEWTON — Sussex County has seen a 12-fold increase in opioid overdoses over the last week leading to three deaths, the prosecutor’s office said Friday, as it warned of a deadly batch of heroin circulating in the area. Responders administered Narcan – a[…]
By Rob Jennings | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com The Star-Ledger on April 21, 2017 at 1:23 PM, updated April 21, 2017 at 3:09 PM NEWTON — A deadlier than usual batch of heroin is believed to have contributed to a dozen overdoses within the past week, including three fatalities, Sussex County Prosecutor Francis Koch said[…]
Coordinated effort to confront local part of national epidemic Published Apr 5, 2017 at 1:17 pm (Updated Apr 5, 2017) By Liam Donovan Newton — Sussex County’s C.L.E.A.R. (Community, Law Enforcement, Addiction, Recovery) program celebrated its first anniversary at a press conference in Newton Municipal Building on Wednesday, March 29. “Everyone benefits when we help[…]