Tuckerton’s Red Men Lodge was visited by three representatives of the Ocean County Health Department last Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 12.

No, there hadn’t been an outbreak of COVID-19 or any other disease at the lodge. Instead, the public health officials were there to train some of the lodge’s members and staff on how to deal with another very serious health threat – drug overdoses.

To be clear, the lodge isn’t having a current drug problem. But a few years ago a Narcan save had to be made during its popular free community turkey dinner the Sunday before…