A Police-Led Addiction Treatment Referral Program in Massachusetts N Engl J Med 2016; 375:2502-2503 December 22, 2016 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1611640 Article Metrics To the Editor: During the period from 2009 through 2013, only 21% of people with an opioid-use disorder in the United States received any type of treatment.1 In response to increasing rates of overdose[…]
By David Danzis New Jersey Herald Posted: Dec. 23, 2016 12:01 am Sussex County was well represented in Trenton on Wednesday night at a candlelight vigil on the steps of the Statehouse in support of those fighting against the addiction epidemic that has plagued the country. Sussex County Prosecutor Francis Koch, Assistant Prosecutor Jerome Neidhardt[…]
Municipalities throughout Sussex County have shown support for C.L.E.A.R. During regular town committee meetings on Tuesday, April 12; Monday, June 13; and Tuesday, June 14, 2016; Sandyston Township, Vernon Township, and the Borough of Franklin respectively adopted resolutions to support the Sussex County C.L.E.A.R. Program.
The Sussex County C.L.E.A.R. Program is pleased to announce the support of Excel Treatment Center. A privately owned treatment facility located in Dover, NJ, Excel is licensed by the Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services in the State of New Jersey and provides outpatient treatment for substance use disorders. Services include both day and evening Intensive Outpatient[…]
The Center for Prevention and Counseling’s annual substance use disorder conference recently took place on November 18th at Perona Farms with over 200 in attendance. Sussex County Prosecutor Francis Koch opened the morning with a local perspective of the strategies we are using to resolve problems Sussex County is facing, followed by Drug Court graduate[…]
By DANIELLE FRANCISCO November 11, 2016 at 2:27 PM NEWTON, NJ—The Center for Prevention and Counseling is hosting its annual substance abuse disorder conference on Friday, November 18 at Perona Farms in Andover from 8:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of Phoenix House, New York, prominent physician, Andrew Kolodny,[…]
Posted: Nov. 2, 2016 12:01 am GRAHAM Three candidates are running for election to two seats on the Sussex County Board of Chosen Freeholders. Incumbent Republican Freeholder George Graham and Republican Sylvia Petillo, who is the current Hopatcong mayor, are running as a team, squaring off against Democrat Michelle Van Allen. Democrat Michael Riley-Mills will[…]
By Joe Carlson New Jersey Herald Posted: Oct. 10, 2016 12:01 am Accidental overdose deaths this year are up more than 30 percent in Sussex County compared to the same time frame in 2015, according to data obtained by the New Jersey Herald. The data — obtained through a open public records request — show[…]
Posted: Oct. 9, 2016 12:01 am It was gratifying to see local law enforcement officers honored for their quick action that possibly saved 80 lives in the county over the last 18 months. But it is saddening to realize those saves were necessary to counteract drug overdoses. At a recent “Recovery is Real” ceremony hosted[…]