There are various addictive and dangerous substances that people in our community may access. This newsletter intends to highlight Fentanyl, Tranq (Xylazine), and Opiates which are substances causing serious health problems in the United States. People are now able to obtain these drugs via internet sources. This process only compounds the substance abuse crisis.
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DEA Introduces 'One Pill Can Kill' Public Awareness Campaign
This week, the DEA released a Public Safety Alert warning the American public of the alarming increase in the lethality and availability of fake pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. The Public Safety Alert launches One Pill Can Kill, DEA’s new public awareness campaign to educate Americans on the dangers of counterfeit pills and how to stay safe.
The MMA Substance Abuse & Addiction Hotline
Athletic Injuries in Young Adults …and (non-opioid) Treatment Options
Narcan Training
Dying In Vein: The Opiate Generation - Viewing & Panel Discussion
Dying in Vein is a deeply personal exploration of opiate and heroin addiction through a cinéma vérité style that drops you directly into the lives of an addict in recovery, a couple trying to get clean, a family grieving the loss of their son, and an Emergency Room Physician trying to save one patient at time. Through these stories...
Mahwah HS Community Problem Solving Team Highlights Potential Dangers of Using Prescription Meds
Lock Your Rx Stock: Help Prevent Drug Abuse
MMA Town Hall Meeting: Heroin Epidemic Video Presentation
Prescription Drug and Heroin Epidemic - Education Program
A dramatic increase in overdose deaths and the abuse of heroin and prescription painkillers have become an epidemic. In Mahwah, like other municipalities in New Jersey and across the nation, we are facing an urgent public health crisis in overdose deaths, and the abuse of heroin and other prescription pain killers.
