Attorney General Davenport Announces Relaunch of NJ CARES Addiction Response Website

Attorney General Davenport Announces Relaunch of Addiction Response Website on the Eve of DEA’s Take Back Day

Attorney General Davenport Announces Relaunch of Addiction Response Website on the Eve of DEA’s Take Back Day

by NJOAG Communications WC | Apr 24, 2026 | addiction | families and communities | interactive data dashboards | National Drug Take Back Day | Office of Alternative and Community Responses | Office of the New Jersey Coordinator for Addiction Responses and Enforcement Strategies (NJ CARES) | Opioids | overdose | prescription medications | recovery | resources and information | substance misuse | treatment | website launch | Battling the Opioid Epidemic | Fighting the Opioid Crisis | Office of Alternative Community Responses | Press Release |

For Immediate Release: April 24, 2026

Office of the Attorney General
– Jennifer Davenport, Attorney General Office of Alternative and Community Responses – Tiffany Wilson, Director

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TRENTON – Attorney General Jennifer Davenport and the Office of Alternative and Community Responses today announced the launch of the redesigned Office of the New Jersey Coordinator for Addiction Responses and Enforcement Strategies (NJ CARES) website. The redesigned site provides the public with easier access to resources and information needed to better understand how New Jersey’s ongoing addiction crisis is impacting their communities and what resources are available to individuals and families in need.

“Launching the redesigned NJ CARES website reflects our commitment to meeting people where they are – with clear, accessible information and real support for families and communities navigating the challenges of substance misuse,” said Attorney General Davenport. “This platform makes it easier for residents to understand how the addiction crisis is affecting their communities and, more importantly, how to find help when they need it.”

The redesigned website combines easy access to interactive data dashboards featuring both state- and county-level data with access to critical treatment and recovery resources. Streamlined access to important data and resources for community partners, first responders, and researchers helps everyone work together toward the goal of decreasing substance misuse and eliminating its related harms.

Visitors to the website can also view educational videos and graphics and access a list of Project Medicine Drop locations throughout the state where New Jersey residents can dispose of their unused, expired, or unwanted prescription and over-the-counter medications safely and securely at any time throughout the year.

Today’s launch coincides with tomorrow’s National Drug Take Back Day, the biannual event held to provide a safe, convenient, and anonymous way for the public to dispose of unused or expired prescription medications, including habit-forming opioids that can lead to addiction, overdoses, and death.

“Together, through education, awareness, and community partnership, we can save lives and strengthen the health and safety of New Jersey families. The redesigned NJ CARES website is a step forward toward that goal,” said Tiffany Wilson, Director of the Office of Alternative and Community Responses. “As we mark National Drug Take Back Day, it’s important to remember that prevention can begin at home. Safely disposing of unused or expired medications is a simple but critical step in reducing the risk of misuse and addiction.”

NJ CARES was established in 2018 to coordinate the Department of Law and Public Safety’s (LPS) addiction-fighting efforts. Now part of the Office of Alternative and Community Responses, NJ CARES continues to act as a liaison between LPS, programs providing services for individuals with substance use disorder, and public safety partners connecting their communities to these services. NJ CARES administers and manages grant funding to develop and implement programs that connect individuals with a substance use disorder to services.

Operation Helping Hand (OHH), which partners law enforcement with peer recovery coaches in doing targeted outreach aimed at individuals impacted by substance misuse in an effort to connect them to care, is among the many programs NJ CARES supports.

The Office of Alternative and Community Responses (OACR) coordinates the LPS’s efforts to address how the Department and New Jersey’s law enforcement agencies respond to the country’s continued mental health and addiction crises.

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