Join Dr. Raj and the task force for a two hour monthly event to discuss current efforts being made to reduce opiate introduction, addiction, distribution, overdose and death in Ocean County, NJ.

Preferred Behavioral Health
Lakewood, NJ

Join Dr. Raj on the first Monday of each month for the Ocean County Opiate Task Force meeting from 6pm to 8pm.

Mission:

• Develop short-term and long-term goals/strategies to better manage the opiate prescription substance abuse/dependency epidemic and related overdose deaths in Ocean County NJ
• To support the Collaboration among mental health professionals and the community interested in taking part of an ongoing community effort to decrease the number of individuals dying from opiate related overdoses
• Educate and inform the public about the current opiate epidemic in Ocean County and maximize prevention efforts through early intervention.
• To develop a new and innovative approaches for the clinical management of opiate abuse/dependency