opiate overdoses

Asbury Park

Portuguese Drug Czar João Goulão to Visit Asbury Park

Help Not Handcuffs Sponsors Drug Decriminalization Discussion Friday at Parlor Gallery On Cookman Avenue

By Michelle Gladden


In the midst of an opiod crisis that claimed a record number of lives last year, the local NGO Help Not Handcuffs will host three events featuring discussions with Portuguese Drug Czar Dr. João Goulão on how his country’s drug decriminalization policy succeeded in greatly reducing overdose deaths and improving other health outcomes. Among the […]

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Oct 29, 2018
Asbury Park

Anti-overdose drug training to be held at youth center

20 free Naloxone kits will be distributed

By Asbury Park Sun


Advocates urging for opiate overdose prevention and safe syringe access in Asbury Park will offer a free Naloxone overdose prevention training on March 19, at 6:00 p.m. at the LGBTQ Youth Outreach Center at 805 Fourth Ave, according to a release from event organizers. The training, coordinated with The South Jersey Aids Alliance [SJAA], is […]

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Mar 03, 2014