I started drinking at age 11 after experiencing that alcohol made me numb to my Mom’s death. I wasn’t drinking every day, but at 16, I was drinking every weekend. My first DUI was at age 17, but I continued to drink and started drugging also.
The Manchester Township Police Department’s Narcotics Enforcement Team had a busy week, as drug-related arrests dominated the police blotter released by the department.
- October 4, 2016
The makers of prescription painkillers have adopted a 50-state strategy that includes hundreds of lobbyists and millions in campaign contributions to help kill or weaken measures aimed at stemming the tide of prescription opioids, the drugs at the heart of a crisis that has cost 165,000 Americans their lives and pushed countless more to crippling…
- September 18, 2016
Five people were arrested during an Ocean County drug bust in which police seized 6,250 doses of heroin, more than $90,000 in cash, a MAC-10 machine gun, cocaine, prescription pills, marijuana and steroids.
- September 7, 2016
We’re proud to announce our partnership with JBJ Soul Kitchen’s new community hub in Toms River, The B.E.A.T. Center.
- September 1, 2016
Last week, first responders rushed to dozens of calls for people overdosing on heroin.
- August 30, 2016