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njbiz.com: State’s highest court will hear case on medical cannabis in the workplace
Posted 7/17/2019
New Jersey’s Supreme Court announced Tuesday it will consider whether or not a Ridgewood funeral home discriminated against one of its employees in 2016 for using medical cannabis.
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nbcnews.com: KIDS' HEALTH Vaping is hurting teenage athletes, dashing their future in sports
Posted 7/12/2019
"The moment I started using nicotine, it turned off my future goals completely."
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nytimes.com: Dark Web Drug Sellers Dodge Police Crackdowns
Posted 6/12/2019
The notorious Silk Road site was shut down in 2013. Others have followed. But the online trafficking of illegal narcotics hasn’t abated.
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ARMATO, MAZZEO & VAINIERI HUTTLE BILL TO BE FIRST-IN-THE-NATION OPIOID WARNING LABEL LAW HEADS TO GOVERNOR'S DESK
Posted 5/23/2019
(TRENTON) – To help combat the ongoing opioid crisis in New Jersey and nationwide, a bill sponsored by Assembly Democrats John Armato, Vince Mazzeo and Valerie Vainieri Huttle to require all prescription opioid medications to have a warning sticker advising patients of the risk of addiction and overdose was approved Monday by the full Assembly, 77-0. If enacted, New Jersey would be the first State in the nation to adopt a permanent law mandating warning labels for prescription opioids.
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nj.com: N.J. mom has warning for parents after drugs claim life of her son, 15
Posted 5/10/2019
JERSEY CITY — Tracy Reinholt always dreaded her son, Hunter, would struggle with drugs.
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njspotlight.com: ACCESS TO TREATMENT OF OPIOID ADDICTION EASED FOR THOSE ON MEDICAID
Posted 4/2/2019
The state is removing a barrier to medication-assisted treatment that should give Medicaid patients greater access
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nj1015.com: WHAT NJ IS DOING TO TAKE DOWN UNIMAGINABLE NUMBER OF HEROIN MILLS
Posted 3/25/2019
Authorities in New Jersey are ramping up efforts to take down drug operations that are mixing heroin with fentanyl, a potent and deadly opioid. Last week, officials took down a heroin mill in Hudson County that prosecutors said was tied to more than 80 overdose deaths in the past year.
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njbmagazine.com: Menendez, Booker Announce $11.3M to Combat NJ’s Opioid Epidemic
Posted 3/22/2019
U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker announce $11.3 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to enhance New Jersey’s efforts to prevent, treat and respond to the growing opioid epidemic.
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usatoday.com: Marijuana as a cure for opioid use? Nation's top drug scientist says she's skeptical
Posted 3/21/2019
The head of the National Institute on Drug Abuse said there’s no evidence that marijuana weans people from opioid addiction – and promoting such treatment might deny people a chance at recovery.
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centraljersey.com: Howell police start program to pick up unwanted medications from residents
Posted 3/20/2019
HOWELL – A representative of the Howell Municipal Alliance has said Howell is the first municipality in New Jersey to permit police officers to visit a resident’s home to pick up unwanted medications with the goal of halting an ongoing opioid epidemic.