Public Meeting To Discuss Heroin Epidemic

Assemblyman Vince Mazzeo, D-Atlantic, is holding a community town hall meeting to discuss the ongoing heroid and opioid epidemic.

The meeting will include stories from families engaged in the fight against heroin and opioid addiction, followed by a dialogue with a panel of experts in the field, a news release from Mazzeo’s office said. The panel includes Atlantic County Prodescutor Jim McClain, Atlantic Prevention Resources Executive Director Bob Zlotnick, John Brooks Recovery Center CEO Alan Olberman and retired Atlantic City Police Department Lt. Eric Scheffler, the release said.

The meeting will take place Tuesday, Sept. 29 at 6 p.m. at the Walter E. Edge Hall theater in Atlantic Cape Community College in Mays Landing.

More than 50 people from Atlantic County have died due to heroin and opioid use, the release said.

“Drug addiction has taken over our region and Atlantic County has the highest rate of fatal drug overdoses in New Jersey. As a community we need to come together and fight back -- for our kids and for our families,” Mazzeo said in the release.
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