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Funding for cops stokes debate over use of opioid settlement money / Axios / August 21, 2023 By Sabrina Moreno As states and localities collect the first billions in opioid...

How should NJ spend $641M in opioid settlement funds? / NJ Spotlight / August 15, 2023 By Brenda Flanagan New Jersey leaders are weighing how to spend a $641 million...

Should Opioid Settlement Money Be Spent on Law Enforcement? / August 14, 2023 / New York Times By Jan Hoffman After years of litigation to hold the pharmaceutical industry accountable...

Meet the People Deciding How to Spend $50 Billion in Opioid Settlement Cash / KFF Health News / July 10, 2023 By Aneri Pattani As more than $50 billion makes...

Tougher drug penalties are a setback, not a solution / NJ Monitor / June 26, 2023 By Deric Miller I am a person in recovery and a certified peer recovery...

Harsher penalties proposed for fentanyl in NJ / NJ Spotlight / June 21, 2023 By Bobby Brier New Jersey lawmakers moved Tuesday to enhance the penalties for the distribution and...

Pitch for tougher fentanyl law sparks hot debate in Trenton / NJ Spotlight / June 13, 2023 By Ted Goldberg NJ lawmakers are pushing forward a bill that would increase...

Tougher drug penalties don’t work. I know this from experience. / NJ.com / June 13, 2023 By Elissa Tierney Imagine a world where we treat each other with care. A...

Fighting the opioid epidemic door to door / PBS / June 5, 2023 By Bobby Brier Among places in New Jersey hit hard by the opioid epidemic is Mystic Island,...

Fighting the opioid epidemic door to door / NJ Spotlight / June 5, 2023 By Bobby Brier On a Sunday afternoon in late May, Kristin Castagna stood in front of...

Opioid Advisory Council Adopts Plan to Strategize, Fund Addiction Prevention, Recovery / The Sandpaper / May 31, 2023 By Victoria Ford Major decisions about how millions of dollars get spent...

The Ocean County Opioid Advisory Council convened a public forum on Tuesday, March 7 at the Southern Service Center in Manahawkin, where officials heard from members of grassroots nonprofit organizations...

Sea Change is more than a nonprofit recovery community organization. It’s a vehicle for change in the lives of those affected by substance use disorder, and it’s moving at high...

Elizabeth Burke Beaty with her husband Tom, their son Tommy, and dog Hank, in front of their belongings in Holgate, after Superstorm Sandy swept through their community in 2012. Burke...

MANCHESTER – International Overdose Awareness Day was observed in Whiting recently. The event honored loved ones lost to overdose throughout the state.

The LBI-based Sea Change Recovery Community Organization received a $50,000 grant from the Rx Foundation for its “visionary work of creating an intersection of community-based recovery services and advocacy/organizing for...