Articles & Blogs

What is CARES? The Center for Addiction Recovery Education & Success (CARES) is a peer-to-peer, volunteer-based recovery-oriented sanctuary headquartered in Rockaway, NJ. We exist to put a...Learn More

In 2001, Sally J Finn at The Salvation Army in St. Kilda, Melbourne recognized the need for International Overdose Awareness Day (IODAD) to commemorate those who have been lost to a drug overdose....Learn More

By: Matt McGovern, MPH, CHES, LINCS COVID-19 Epidemiologist/Data Manager With the conclusion of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, COVID surveillance is being conducted in a slightly different...Learn More

This month, PEER Mentors attended Rutgers - Juvenile Justice and Youth Development, The Causes of Youth Aggression course. Presented by Randy Chadwick, MPH, this training emphasized the aspects of...Learn More

The impact of the opioid epidemic has been measured in numbers. Sometimes, though, some overdoses and/or deaths aren’t reported, causing a misunderstanding of the real and severe impact of the...Learn More

By: B Teed, Overdose Fatality Review Team Coordinator/COVID-19 Social Support Coordinator/Preventionist The Morris County Overdose Fatality Review Team (OFRT) was established in late 2020 to...Learn More

By: Nissim Hayes, Youth Mentor Mentoring is way more important than people realize. Most positions in...Learn More

By: Stefanie Williams, Preventionist Prevention is more than “Preventing”.  It is more than the act of stopping something from happening. Prevention is… people-centered on education,...Learn More

By: Matt McGovern, MPH, CHES, LINCS COVID-19 Epidemiologist/Data Manager With the conclusion of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, COVID surveillance is being conducted in a slightly different...Learn More