Help Not Handcuffs founder Randy Thompson is asking the questions: “With needles on our streets and beaches, three times the national overdose death rate and first responders running in every direction to reverse overdoses, why aren’t we considering these proven models of harm reduction strategies?” Help Not Handcuffs’ mission is to eliminate failed drug criminalization […]

Just two days after receiving Narcan kits, Ocean Township Police report they have already saved a woman’s life. Police responded to a reported overdose at an address in the Wayside section of the Township Thursday at approximately 8:09 p.m. where they found a 44-year-old woman unresponsive in the basement of the home, according to a […]

County law enforcement officers now carry a life-saving drug that has the power to reverse the effects of a heroin overdose. In a news release issued Friday, Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden announced his office was among the first agencies in the county to equip officers with Naloxone, commonly referred to as Narcan. Officers now […]

Emergency personnel in Asbury Park will soon carry a lifesaving drug that has the power to reverse the effects of opiate overdoses. Asbury Park Police Chief Mark Kinmon just put in an order with the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office for 25 units of Narcan, he informed members of the Asbury Park City Council at a […]