AWARENESS ALERT from the prosecutors office: TAINTED BATCH OF HEROIN CIRCULATING!

"We had Eight overdoses that were reported to the hospital this weekend. Two of those people have died, and one young man tragically is on life support and I was just informed by the Family that they made the decision to remove him. Several of them are already on there way to treatment, thanks to the Recovery Specialists and the Treatment Providers . There is a tainted batch of heroin, believed to be laced with fentanyl or rat poison (pending tox) being distributed in this area. The State recorded of Naloxone reversals- 19 on Saturday and 26 on Sunday."

Please spread the word to young adults, recovering addicts, parents, grandparents, etc.

N.J. heroin overdose death rate is triple the soaring U.S. rate

"Heroin use is increasing rapidly across all demographic groups"

www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2015/07/nj_heroin_overdose_death_rate_is_triple_the_soarin.html

Monmouth County Had Among State's Highest Increases In Heroin Deaths In 2014

http://patch.com/new-jersey/middletown-nj/monmouth-county-had-among-states-highest-increases-heroin-deaths-2014

Breakdown of Overdoses by County

$5M worth of heroin seized from ring led by N.J. man

http://www.nj.com/passaic-county/index.ssf/2015/05/5m_worth_of_heroin_seized_from_ring_led_by_nj_man.html

DEA Seizes $50 Million Worth Of Heroin In New York's Largest Bust Of All Time

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/19/largest-heroin-bust-new-york_n_7337752.html

More than $600K in heroin seized during Newark bust

http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2015/04/more_than_600k_in_heroin_seized_during_newark_bust.html

25 Towns In New Jersey With Heroin Abuse: Toms River Is Seventh

http://patch.com/new-jersey/tomsriver/25-towns-new-jersey-heroin-abuse-toms-river-seventh