Tag: Mercer Council on Alcoholism and Drug Addiction
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Speakers share candid stories of addiction during International Overdose Awareness Day rally
Chris had struggled for 20 years with an opioid addiction. He suffered drug overdoses many times, but he had finally overcome his addiction. Chris was on his way to making a new life, with the help of “some incredible people,” said his mother, Lynn, who declined to provide her last name. He found a great…
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Overdose Awareness Day seeks to reduce stigma of substance abuse
More than 3,000 New Jerseyans – mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, aunts and uncles – died of a drug overdose in 2020, but at least some of those deaths could have been prevented by reducing the stigma of substance abuse. That’s the message that International Overdose Awareness Day wants to get across at the annual event,…
