Alicia Cook

Do we have a heroin epidemic in Ocean and Monmouth Counties? According to the latest figures from Washington over 33,000 people died nationally (2015) due to heroin related deaths ... a staggering number. Local Congressman Tom MacArthur (NJ 3rd District) is part of a Bipartisan Heroin Task Force, an 85-member congressional panel looking at the issues of heroin and opioid abuse. Las...

Drug addiction takes a toll on both the user and their families, and on WOBM'S new video series 'Townsquare Tableau' Toms River native and author Alicia Cook offers insight to her latest publication based on conversations she had with addicts and their families.

We've seen what the heroin and opiate epidemic has done to those abusing the drugs, but after seeing a family member lose her fight to the demons of addiction, one Toms River native and author is using her gift to show how the needle hurts more than just the user.