Newsroom
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nj.com: The Lost Generation
Posted 8/12/2021
With pharmaceutical companies settling lawsuits they are able to put the opioid crisis behind them, but families of the victims cannot.
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pressofatlanticcity.com - Armato: Understanding addiction as disease will help fight stigma, save lives
Posted 7/26/2021
Assemblyman John Armato would like people to know that substance abusers and their families will only seek care quickly enough if they understand the disease of addiction is a treatable mental health disease, allowing the stigma associated with it to lessen.
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healthday.com: Pot Use May Change the Teenage Brain, MRIs Show
Posted 7/20/2021
Smoking pot appears to affect teens' brain development, altering it in ways that could diminish their reasoning, decision-making and memory skills as they age, a new study reports.
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cnn.com: Drug overdose deaths in 2020 hit highest number ever recorded, CDC data shows
Posted 7/15/2021
(CNN) Drug overdose deaths rose by close to 30% in the United States in 2020, hitting the highest number ever recorded, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday.
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nj.com: Opioids kill 3K people in N.J. a year. Prescriptions for high-risk patients now must include an overdose antidote.
Posted 4/20/2021
Governor Murphy signed a bill that requires doctors who prescribe opioids to also include a prescription Naloxone, an antidote that can reverse an overdose for patients with a history of addiction. New Jersey is now the 8th state in the country to enact such a law that will hopefully save lives.
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nytimes.com: Overdose Deaths Have Surged During the Pandemic, C.D.C. Data Shows
Posted 4/14/2021
The CDC data shows that overdose deaths have surged during the pandemic. There has been a 29 percent rise in overdose deaths from October 2019 through September 2020.
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nj.com: These N.J. drug users were on the brink. The pandemic helped them turn things around.
Posted 4/7/2021
The pandemic has had a profound effect on the opioid epidemic in New Jersey. PDFNJ's Angela Conover discussed how 2020 should have been a year when NJ's efforts to fight addiction paid off, and sadly the overdose numbers were distressing due to Covid-19.
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nj.com: N.J. parents will be told first time their kids get caught with weed or booze under bill that just passed
Posted 3/30/2021
Lawmakers passed a bill Thursday that requires police to notify parents every time teens are caught with alcohol and weed, tweaking a measure they passed last month that outraged police and parents.
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medpagetoday.com: "Op-Ed: Oxycodone Is the Most Addicting Prescription Opioid"
Posted 3/24/2021
An op-ed perspective on why oxycodone is the most addictive prescription opioid. What makes it unique relative to other opioids is the speed at which it's presented to the brain and has an unparalleled addictive quality.
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njbia.org: New Jersey Legalizes Recreational Cannabis
Posted 3/12/2021
New Jersey has passed several laws legalizing recreational cannabis (a.k.a. marijuana). The laws include strong employment protections for off-duty use, making New Jersey the most employee-friendly state for cannabis use. Most of the employment provisions don’t kick in for at least a few months (the exact dates are still to be determined), but employers may want to start preparing now.