Links and Resources

Drugs of Abuse – This DEA Resource Guide delivers clear, scientific information about drugs in a factual, straightforward way. With the information in this guide, parents and caregivers can help their children make smart choices and avoid the consequences of drug abuse. This publication covers topics including the Controlled Substances Act and introduces drug classes including narcotics, stimulants, marijuana/cannabis, inhalants, steroids, and more.  Drugs of Abuse also provides information about drugs of concern and designer drugs, including synthetic opioids and  “bath salts.”

State Opioid Response Grant - This program aims to address the opioid crisis through various treatments, prevention methods and recovery support. 

Project Medicine Drop - We will work to reduce the availability of prescription pills in Passaic County by collaborating with the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs' 'Project Medicine Drop' program. This program allows community members to dispose of unused, unwanted, and expired medications anonymously, 7 days a week, 365 days a year at permanent drop boxes that are located within their local police departments. Passaic County currently has fifteen permanent off boxes situated all over the county.

National Institute on Drug Abuse - The mission of the NIDA is to advance science on the causes and consequences of drug use and addiction and to apply that knowledge to improve individual and public health.

IME Addictions Access Center - Through the Division of Mental Healh and Addiction Services, this toll free number provides assistance and referrals to treatment.  24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  Call: 1-844-276-2777.   

Division of Mental Health Addiciton Services (DMHAS) Ombudsman - For more information or to contact the DMHAS Obudsman,  call 609-438-4321.

Passaic County Prosecutor's Office, Overdose Environment - The content in this report is based on the information retrieved from the State of New Jersey Office of the State Medical Examiner, which reports the cause(s) of deaths from substance abuse overdoses.

Decisions in Recovery - Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

What is Substance Abuse Treatment - A booklet for families from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

Vivitrol - Opioid addiction is a chronic, relapsing brain disease that affects people psychologically and physically. Effective treatment programs often focus on both aspects of addiction through counseling and medication.  VIVITROL is a non-addictive, once-monthly treatment proven to prevent relapse in opioid dependent patients when used with counseling following detoxification.

Faces and Voices - Faces and Voices Recovery is dedicated to organizing and mobilizing the over 23 Million Americans in recovery from addiction to alcohol and other drugs, our families, friends and allies into recovery community organizations and networks, to promote the right and respources to recover through advocacy, education and demonstrating the power and proof of long-term recovery.  

Beyond Opiates - A fresh perspective on the science of pain and how it influences recovery from opioid dependency. The content focuses on a new paradigm for understanding chronic pain, showing how the extended use of prescription painkillers increases the sensitivity of the nerve cells thereby magnifying pain (hyperalgesia, hyperpathia, allodynia.) Interviews with recovering addicts and treatment professionals illustrate the challenges opiate addiction creates and presents a message of hope and encouragement for clients to examine recovery in light of this new view of treating dependency and pain.