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Mount Laurel Township is a Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. The town was named after a hill covered in laurel trees. It is in the Eastern Standard time zone. As of the 2010 census, the townships’ population was at 41,864. There are several historical landmarks, including General Clinton’s headquarters, Paulsdale, Evesham Friends Meeting House, Jacob’s Chapel, Hattie Britt School and Farmer’s Hall. As of the 2010 United States Census, the racial makeup of the township was 79.42% Caucasian, 9.70% Black or African American, 0.16% Native American, 7.26% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander and 4.56% are Hispanic. As of May 2017, there were 76,509 treatment admissions to the New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services by substance abuse treatment providers.

Burlington County has not been immune to the ongoing opioid epidemic that has been taking hold of people of all ages across the region, state, and country. According to the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office in the year of 2016, at least 83 people died from illicit drug overdoses. 2017 was even deadlier, in the first 6 months, 82 people lost their lives to overdose in the county. Authorities state that they have been seeing a more lethal batch of drugs hit the streets– primarily heroin laced with fentanyl, which is 50 times more potent than heroin alone.