In the News
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npr.org: Why We Should Say Someone Is A 'Person With An Addiction,' Not An Addict
Posted 6/14/2017
For years, people with addiction have wondered when the media would recognize our condition as a medical problem, not a moral one — when they would stop reducing us to mere "addicts" and speak of us in the more respectful and accurate "person first" language that has become common for people with other diseases and disorders.
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healthitsecurity.com: NJ Gov. Seeks Ease in HIPAA Regulations for Opioid Fight
Posted 6/14/2017
Governor Chris Christie reportedly wants looser HIPAA regulations to help individuals in the current opioid crisis.
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NYTimes: When Opioid Addicts Find an Ally in Blue
Posted 6/12/2017
Across the country, police leaders are assigning themselves a big role in reversing a complex crisis, and not through mass arrests.
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Gov. Chris Christie Stresses Increased Prescriber Education, Destigmatizing Addiction in Do No Harm Keynote Speech on Opioid Crisis
Posted 6/12/2017
MORRISTOWN — Gov. Chris Christie highlighted the potential impact of prescribers in stemming the deadly opioid epidemic gripping the nation while addressing medical professionals at the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey’s Do No Harm symposium Monday at Morristown Medical Center.
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NYTimes.com: Seizing on Opioid Crisis, a Drug Maker Lobbies Hard for Its Product
Posted 6/11/2017
The ads have been popping up on billboards, buses, subways and in glossy magazines, with portraits of attractive men and women and a simple question in bold letters: What is Vivitrol?
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courierpostonline.com: Should Big Pharma pay for drug take-back programs?
Posted 6/10/2017
Advocates see the pharmaceutical industry — largely responsible for filling the nation's medicine cabinets — as best suited to keep leftover drugs from getting in the wrong hands.
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washingtonpost.com: Drug crisis is pushing up death rates for almost all groups of Americans
Posted 6/10/2017
The opioid epidemic that has ravaged life expectancy among economically stressed white Americans is taking a rising toll among blacks, Hispanics and Native Americans, driving up the overall rate of death among Americans in the prime of their lives.
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Gov. Chris Christie to Serve as Keynote Speaker on Opioid Crisis at Do No Harm Symposium
Posted 6/9/2017
As New Jersey struggles with a statewide opioid epidemic, Gov. Chris Christie will address members of the medical community Monday, June 12, at the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey’s (PDFNJ) Do No Harm symposium held at Morristown Medical Center.
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washingtonpost.com: FDA seeks removal of opioid painkiller from the market
Posted 6/9/2017
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday asked a drug company to remove its opioid pain medication from the market, the first time the agency has made such a request because of the public health consequences of abuse.
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njspotlight.com: MORE STATES JOIN NJ DRUG-MONITORING SYSTEM TO CURB ABUSES LIKE DOCTOR-SHOPPING
Posted 6/9/2017
Governor says interstate use of the New Jersey Prescription Monitoring Program has skyrocketed in last couple of years