Substance and Opioid Prevention

Introduction

Ocean County, New Jersey has not only experienced a significant increase in overdose death over the past several years but has been number one for admissions in substance abuse treatment for New Jersey since 2013. The Opiate Epidemic was quickly recognized as a public health emergency in which the Ocean County Health Department became an invested partner in trying to reduce overdoses in Ocean County, help residents navigate into treatment and provide community based prevention programs to combat the epidemic from continuing with upcoming generations.

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2006-2016 County Percentages of Total Admissions as per NJSAMS 2006- Essex (12%), Monmouth (8%), Camden (7%), Ocean (7%) of 55,033 admissions 2007- Essex (14%), Monmouth (8%), Camden (7%), Ocean (7%) of 59,545 admissions 2008- Essex (13%), Monmouth (8%), Camden (8%), Ocean (7%) of 64,091 admissions 2009- Essex (11%), Monmouth (9%), Camden (8%), Ocean (8%) of 69,477 admissions 2010- Essex (10%), Monmouth (9%), Ocean (9%), Camden (8%) of 71,874 admissions 2011- Monmouth (10%), Ocean (9%), Essex (9%), Camden (8%) of 73,964 admissions 2012- Monmouth (10%), Ocean (9%), Essex (9%), Camden (8%) of 75,837admissions 2013- Ocean (10%), Monmouth (9%), Essex (9%), Camden (8%) of 75,558 admissions 2014- Ocean (10%), Monmouth (9%), Essex (9%), Camden (8%) of 65,553 admissions 2015- Ocean (10%), Monmouth (9%), Essex (9%), Camden (8%) of 69,447 admissions 2016- Ocean (9%), Camden (