In the News
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app.com: Opioids poured into South Jersey in 2010 and 2015
Posted 7/10/2017
The number of opioid prescriptions written in the southern counties of New Jersey were among the nation's highest in 2015, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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nbcnews.com: Twin Plagues: Meth Rises in Shadow of Opioids
Posted 7/7/2017
America can't quit its meth habit. After a brief lull caused by a crackdown on domestic manufacturing techniques, the highly addictive stimulant is blooming across the country again, this time in the shadows of the opioid epidemic.
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nj1015.com: Overdoses in NJ libraries — more signs of the opioid crisis
Posted 7/7/2017
The opioid epidemic has gotten so bad in New Jersey that librarians are now being instructed to watch out for users overdosing inside a library bathrooms or behind rows of books.
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njspotlight.com: STATE REGULATIONS DECREASE OPIATE PRESCRIPTIONS NATIONWIDE, CDC FINDS
Posted 7/7/2017
But too many patients still taking dangerously high levels of addictive drugs
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newjersey.news12.com: Opioid prescribing is falling in the US, but not everywhere
Posted 7/7/2017
NEW YORK (AP) - Overall opioid prescription rates have been falling in recent years, but the powerful drugs have become more plentiful in more than than 1 in 5 U.S. counties, a report released Thursday finds.
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money.cnn.com: The opioid crisis is draining America of workers
Posted 7/7/2017
Use of opioids has become a key factor in why "prime age" workers, mostly men, are unable or unwilling to find work, according to a new report by Goldman Sachs (GS).
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harvard.edu: Rising threat: Death by fentanyl
Posted 7/5/2017
As the opioid crisis rages across the United States, people suffering from addiction as well as the first responders, doctors, and counselors trying to help them are facing another deadly challenge: fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 100 times more powerful than heroin and a growing part of the nation’s illicit drug supply.
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motherjones.com: The Opioid Epidemic Is Literally Changing Kids’ Brains
Posted 7/5/2017
One effect: These children are more likely to use drugs later in life.
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cbsnews.com: Opioid addiction skyrockets in young adults, but few get treatment meds
Posted 7/1/2017
Opioid addiction among Americans under the age of 25 is skyrocketing, climbing nearly sixfold between 2001 and 2014. Yet only 1 in 4 teens and young adults with opioid addiction receive recommended treatment medication despite having good health insurance, according to new research.
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vox.com: America leads the world in drug overdose deaths — by a lot
Posted 6/29/2017
America has about 4 percent of the world’s population — but about 27 percent of the world’s drug overdose deaths.