Community connections workshop to be held in Bridgewater

Somerset County Board of Freeholders
Reader Submitted

BRIDGEWATER Your medicine cabinet may be a drug dealer in your home. Sleeping pills, anti-depressants, pain killers, and even overthe-counter cough and cold medicines all have the potential for abuse. Every day, 2,500 more young people, ages 12 to 17, choose to abuse a pain reliever for the first time. Among 12 to 13 year olds, prescriptions are often the drug of choice.

The next Community Connections Workshop, titled “Prescription & OTC Medications: The Drug Dealer at Home,” will be held from 9 to 11:30 a.m. on Friday, June 11. The program, designed to inform parents, school staff and professionals who serve children and families, will be held at Somerset County Park Commission headquarters, located at 355 Milltown Road. The workshop will begin at 8:30 a.m. with registration, networking and a continental breakfast.

Lieutenant David Schlueter, New Jersey State Police, and a panel of young adults from the Daytop Treatment and Education Program will review medical concerns and explore the course of drug abuse, addiction and recovery.

To register for the workshop, contact Mariann Bruno at su.jn.tesremos.oc@onurbm. The workshop fee is $20. Checks should be payable to Friends of Somerset County Youth.

The workshop is sponsored by EmPoWER Somerset and the Somerset County Office of Youth Services.

For more information, contact Mariann Bruno, Somerset County Office of Youth Services, at (908) 704-6333.