Just a couple of days separated the deadly shooting at Los Angeles International Airport and the scare at Garden State Plaza in Paramus that resulted in the gunman's suicide.
Despite all the attention and publicity about prescription drug abuse in recent years, the problem continues to get worse in New Jersey and across the nation.
Ocean County is pushing education as a weapon against its heroin epidemic, drawing close to 1,000 students and parents for a forum about the drug's dangers.