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Ribbon Cutting Ceremony held at HOPE Sheds Light in Toms River

Toms River, NJ – HOPE Sheds Light, Inc., a Toms River-based non-profit organization dedicated to educating families on the disease of addiction, hosted its ribbon cutting ceremony on March 21st, 2017 to celebrate its new office in Toms River. Over 50 people were in attendance as HOPE Sheds Light co-founders Ronald Rosetto, Arvo Prima and…

  • April 14, 2017
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30 Years Clean

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.

  • February 8, 2017
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Story of Sobriety

I am grateful every day and very proud of my 15 years of sobriety. I work to stay clean and sober and am always glad to share what helped me get and remain sober.

  • November 7, 2016
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Story of Recovery

I was blessed to have been trained by one of the top Behavioral Psychologists in the world, Dr. Robert Meeker.

  • November 7, 2016
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Glen Rock surgeon ‘knocks out opiate abuse’

Physician Robert Kayal of Glen Rock sees a direct link between prescribed opiates and the heroin abuse rates in New Jersey. The surgeon takes a multimodal approach to minimizing pain before, during and after surgery to eliminate the need for opiates.

  • October 5, 2016
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Drug arrests dominate Manchester police blotter

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
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Drugmakers fought state opioid limits amid crisis

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
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Five arrested in Ocean County heroin bust

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
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HOPE Sheds Light partners with The B.E.A.T. Center

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
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Lacey father fights back against heroin epidemic

Still grieving over his son’s death in 2007, John Ramaglia is pressing Lacey officials to deal more aggressively with the heroin problem in the township.

  • August 31, 2016
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