In the News
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njherald.com: Feds employ data-driven early warning system in opioid fight
Posted 1/3/2018
Authorities have been going after so-called "pill mills" for years, but the new approach brings additional federal resources to bear against the escalating epidemic. Where prosecutors would spend months or longer building a case by relying on erratic informants and only limited data, the number-crunching by analysts in Washington provides information they say lets them quickly zero in on a region's top opioid prescribers.
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statnews.com: The statistics don’t capture the opioid epidemic’s impact on children
Posted 1/3/2018
The epidemic of drug overdose deaths is a national disaster. It claimed more than 64,000 lives in 2016, many of them by opioid overdoses. That’s far more than the number of deaths from HIV/AIDS in the peak year of 1995.
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insidescience.org: On the Front Lines of the Opioid Epidemic
Posted 1/3/2018
A 12-year study of more than 1,000 people at one Boston hospital suggests a new way to alert emergency room doctors of underlying addiction.
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njtvonline.org: Christie announces $35 million to fight opioid crisis
Posted 1/3/2018
Continuing his commitment to fight the opioid crisis in New Jersey, Gov. Chris Christie Tuesday announced the state has awarded more than $35 million to provide intensive services to those with severe opioid use disorders, and pregnant and postpartum mothers and older adults with opioid painkiller dependencies.
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Wave of addiction linked to fentanyl worsens as drugs, distribution, evolve
Posted 12/22/2017
NASHUA, N.H. — Michelle MacLeod died in a tough part of town known as the Tree Streets, where many of the streets have names like Ash, Palm, Chestnut and Walnut. Kevin Manchester, who provided the fentanyl that killed her, lived on Pine.
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washingtonpost.com: 56 miles from Temptation
Posted 12/21/2017
To save their marriage, a couple living at the crossroads of pain and addiction in rural Kentucky make a desperate escape.
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PDFNJ Study: Media Campaign Produces Increased Efforts to Prevent Opioid Abuse
Posted 12/20/2017
MILLBURN — Media messages motivate New Jersey residents to take action steps to prevent opioid abuse in their homes and communities, according to a study recently released by the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey (PDFNJ).
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usatoday.com: We're reversing opioid overdoses, but we'd rather help people change
Posted 12/18/2017
We need more money for treatment, not less. But cuts are likely in the wake of the tax plan on track to pass this week.
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cbsnews.com - Whistleblowers: DEA attorneys went easy on McKesson, the country's largest drug distributor
Posted 12/18/2017
A 60 Minutes/Washington Post joint investigation into the DEA's response to the opioid epidemic again finds investigators who hit a brick wall in Washington
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northjersey.com: Christie could sign two more anti-addiction bills before his term ends
Posted 12/18/2017
Chris Christie’s final act as governor to cement his image as an anti-addiction crusader could be his signing a pair of bills that would close loopholes in the state’s prescription drug monitoring database and standardize the testing and reporting of drug overdose deaths by medical examiners, among several other changes.