Dear Friend, We can’t let opioid manufacturers and distributors get away for pennies on the dollar for the #OpioidLie. We’ve lost over 500,000 of our loved ones, while they’ve made over $200 billion in sales during the last twenty years.... read more
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Touting the success of the Alternatives to Opiates (ALTO) program, Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) announced the introduction of legislation to provide hospitals across the country additional resources to fight opioid addiction... read more
Companies selling some of the most lucrative prescription painkillers funneled millions of dollars to advocacy groups, which in turn promoted the medications’ use, according to a report released Monday by a U.S. senator. The investigation by Missour... read more
Nar-Anon Family Groups: ARE YOU AFFECTED BY SOMEONE ELSE’S ADDICTION? NAR-ANON OFFERS HOPE
The New Jersey Association of Mental Health and Addiction Agencies (NJAMHAA), which represents 160 of the state’s community-based mental health and addiction providers, loudly applauds Governor Christie on the unprecedented and wide-reaching investment ... read more
Join the township of West Milford in a Celebration of West Milford on Saturday October 14th, 2017 from 10am until 5pm.
Last year, Governor Christie stood with community leaders, organizations, and residents to hold a candlelight vigil in support of those individuals as well as their families and friends that have suffered due to the disease of addiction. On Decembe... read more
The opioid crisis – with prescription drugs intermingling with the black-market heroin trade, producing record-breaking numbers of annual deaths of Americans from all walks of life – didn’t come from nowhere. A new Boston University Medical Center s... read more
Pharmaceutical and medical device companies doled out $69 million to New Jersey doctors last year, a 17 percent increase over 2015, according to recently released federal data. Most of the 30,000 doctors who received payments took in less than $200, but a... read more
West Milford Township Library 7:30pm, July 13th 2017 West Milford C.A.S.A. (Community Against Substance Abuse) welcomes the West Milford community to bring their questions and suggestions to our July 13th Town Hall meeting on New Jersey’s emergent Opiat... read more
