By Joe Carlson New Jersey Herald Posted: Jul. 17, 2016 12:01 am NEWTON — After months of preparation and training, the Sussex County Community Law Enforcement Addiction Recovery Program kicks off Monday at 8 a.m. The collaborative programs will offer assistance to persons with substance use disorders by providing a safe place to voluntarily turn[…]
Community response to addiction epidemic Posted: Jul. 17, 2016 12:01 am An ambitious and much-needed program to address the area’s growing drug addiction problem — announced just four months ago — is in place and ready to start Monday. The Sussex County Community Law Enforcement Addiction Recovery Program, in the making since November and formally[…]
By GARDINER HARRIS JULY 6, 2016 WASHINGTON — A partisan feud over money to treat drug addicts split a House and Senate conference committee on Wednesday as it considered legislation to address the nation’s deadly opioid epidemic, imperiling a bill many had hoped would be one of this Congress’s most significant accomplishments. Democrats on the[…]
Newton Police Chief Michael Richards and Becky Carlson, Executive Director of the Center for Prevention and Counseling, were invited to Washington D.C. on Wednesday July 6, 2016 for a special meeting with Michael Botticelli, Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy and other senior White House officials. As partners of the[…]
C.L.E.A.R. is pleased to announce it’s collaboration with Lighthouse Recovery Institute, located in Delray Beach, Florida. Lighthouse Recovery Institute is a gender-specific addiction treatment center that treats both men and women, though both have separate housing and clinical groups. Lighthouse Recovery Institute has earned its stellar reputation by providing quality and competitively priced care. The staff[…]
On Wednesday, May 25, 2016, Hardyston Township adopted a resolution to support the Sussex County C.L.E.A.R. Program.
We are very pleased to announce that Seabrook House has committed to support C.L.E.A.R. Seabrook House Inc., is a non-profit, CARF accredited drug and alcohol detox treatment center and residential rehab program. The main rehab facility is located in rural Bridgeton, New Jersey, only a 90 minute drive from New York City. This facility extends[…]
Three York County police departments join drug treatment initiative Public safety agencies in Kittery, York and Eliot join a growing list of departments that are choosing to treat drug addiction like a disease rather than a crime. By Eric Russell Staff Writer erussell@pressherald.com | @PPHEricRussell | 207-791-6344 A room at the Scarborough Police Department is[…]
On Wednesday, May 25, 2016, the Sussex County Board of Chosen Freeholders adopted a resolution to support the Community Law Enforcement Addiction Recovery Program.
Sussex County Association of Chiefs of Police donate $1000 to C.L.E.A.R. Photo by Daniel Freel/New Jersey Herald – The Sussex County Police Chiefs Association recently presented a check of $1,000 to the county C.L.E.A.R. program. From left, front, are Francis Koch, Sussex County prosecutor; Bret Alemy, association president and Hardyston police chief; Eugene McInerney, Franklin[…]