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MacArthur leading charge to restore funding for the Office of National Drug Control Policy

The Office of National Drug Control Policy seeks room in President Donald Trump's tentative budget which Shore Congressman Tom MacArthur (3rd-District) who also co-chairs the Bipartisan Heroin Abuse Task Force in Washington D.C. is leading a charge to restore it, with a special focus given to Ocean County.

Vin Ebenau

OC Prosecutor’s Lead Training on NJ’s Strict Liability Law

Holding drug dealers responsible for overdose deaths. The purpose of a training session at the Ocean County Training Center in Waretown Tuesday. Over 70 law enforcement officials from local, county and state levels got a lesson in building homicide cases against drug dealers the moment an overdose victim dies...

Rosetta Key

Ocean County’s Prosecutor Reacts to the Statewide Narcan Program

Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph Coronato is pleased a successful pilot program that allowed local police to administer opiate antidote Narcan for two months is going statewide.

Rosetta Key

Nonprofit to Join Ocean County’s Drug Prevention Efforts

A shore area nonprofit is partnering with the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office in the battle against drug addiction.

Rosetta Key