In the News
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NJ.com: New initiative allows people to surrender drugs, get free help
Posted 6/3/2017
People struggling with addiction can now give up their drugs without being arrested and get access to free recovery services through a new Union County initiative meant to combat New Jersey's opioid epidemic.
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philadelphia.cbslocal.com: Congressional Call For Tri-State Cooperation In Opioid Prescription Monitoring Program
Posted 6/3/2017
WASHINGTON, DC (CBS) — There’s a push among three local members of Congress to get their states on board with sharing information on what prescriptions doctors are writing for highly addictive opioids.
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njherald.com: New drug kits save police dogs from opioid overdoses
Posted 6/1/2017
BOSTON (AP) — Police dogs simply follow their noses to sniff out narcotics. But inhaling powerful opioids can be deadly, so officers have a new tool to protect their four-legged partners: naloxone, a drug that has already been used for years to reverse overdoses in humans.
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paramus.dailyvoice.com: 'Town Hall' Opioid Abuse Meeting In Paramus Smashes Myths, Offers Hope
Posted 5/31/2017
PARAMUS, N.J. -- If you think most heroin users started by choice, you're in for a surprise, speakers at an anti-opioid Town Hall meeting at Bergen Community College in Paramus on Wednesday agreed.
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tapinto.net: Bergen Officials and Professionals Team-Up to Knock Out Opioid Abuse
Posted 5/31/2017
PARAMUS - There were no sad stories, only sad statistics at the town hall meeting to address the growing opioid abuse "epidemic" today at Bergen County Community College. "Not a day goes by when we don't feel the impact, see the misuse or how it touches families," Angelo Valente, executive director of the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey, said in his opening remarks of the two-hour seminar. It was the fourth of 17 town hall seminars held in communities statewide about opioid abuse.
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northjersey.com: Town hall in Paramus sheds light on opioid abuse
Posted 5/31/2017
Opioid abuse knows no boundaries, and communities need to come together to break down the walls between help and those who need it. Those points were driven home at the Knockout Opioid Abuse town hall held at Bergen Community College in Paramus on Wednesday, when a group of experts took the stage and addressed a room filled with people affected by the epidemic.
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pressofatlanticcity.com - Our view: In evolving fight against opioid crisis, victims must hear they can win
Posted 5/30/2017
State and federal governments are now dedicated to beating the opioid epidemic gripping the nation, deploying substantial new treatment services, law-enforcement enhancements and effective coordination of efforts.
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app.com: Should we make Big Pharma pay for drug take-back programs?
Posted 5/25/2017
Now, a shift has emerged in those take-back efforts. A movement is gaining momentum across the country to have pharmaceutical companies pick up the tab for the programs, seen as a key to closing off an on ramp to addiction and abuse.
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wbgo.org: Some Drug Users Turning To NJ Police For Help With Opioid Problem
Posted 5/25/2017
Drug users desperate to kick the habit are now turning to some New Jersey police departments for help.
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huffingtonpost.com: Naloxone Won’t Rescue Us From The Opioid Epidemic, But It’s A Start
Posted 5/25/2017
The death rate from drug overdoses in the U.S. more than doubled from 1999 to 2015 and increased for every age group, according to a February report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.