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mycentraljersey.com - Rutgers poll: Opioid painkillers are in medicine cabinets across N.J.
Posted 12/18/2017
Opioid painkillers are prescribed widely in New Jersey and many families hold onto the drugs after their prescribed use, according to a new poll by the Rutgers Center for State Health Policy.
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pressofatlanticcity.com: South Jersey residents report higher rate of opioid scripts, new poll shows
Posted 12/18/2017
Opioid painkillers are more likely to be found in South Jersey medicine cabinets than in those of homes elsewhere in the state, a new poll suggests.
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mycentraljersey.com: Prescription drugs seen as hook to opioid addiction
Posted 12/14/2017
EAST BRUNSWICK - Prescription drug are often the gateway drug to addiction, Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey told hundreds of residents at a panel discussion on opioid addiction Tuesday.
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Middlesex County Experts and Residents Hold Dialogue on Opioid Crisis at Knock Out Opioid Abuse Town Hall
Posted 12/13/2017
EAST BRUNSWICK — Hundreds of Middlesex County residents learned from experts but also shared their concerns on the opioid epidemic ravaging the state at Tuesday’s Knock Out Opioid Abuse Town Hall hosted by the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey (PDFNJ) at the Jo Ann Magistro Performing Arts Center at Hammarskjold Middle School.
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Experts Discuss Many Factors of Opioid Epidemic in Union County’s Knock Out Opioid Abuse Town Hall
Posted 12/6/2017
UNION — Experts presented Union County residents with grave statistics but also stories of hope associated with the opioid epidemic Tuesday evening at the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey’s Knock Out Opioid Abuse Town Hall held at Kean University.
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wbgo.org: Union County Forum Examines Opioid Crisis
Posted 12/6/2017
The organization Partnership for A Drug Free New Jersey is crossing the Garden State with panel discussions spotlighting the problems and possible solutions regarding the opioid crisis. WBGO’s Ang Santos reports from a forum at Kean University, where officials and medical professionals led a discussion with the community.
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This Is Jersey with Gary Gellman - Interview w/ PDFNJ Ex. Dir. Angelo M. Valente [VIDEO]
Posted 12/6/2017
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statnews.com: FDA approves Indivior’s monthly injection to treat opioid addiction
Posted 12/6/2017
A new form of a widely used opioid addiction treatment that is injected monthly instead of taken daily as a tablet was approved Thursday by the Food and Drug Administration. Experts say the eagerly anticipated new version of the drug may help patients reduce relapses, disrupt the treatment market, and possibly dispel misconceptions about the drug’s potential for abuse.
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buzzfeed.com: He Took Opioids To Manage His Chronic Pain. When His Doctors Took Them Away, He Didn’t Want To Live Anymore.
Posted 12/6/2017
After the six-hour drive to the Lake Erie beach, Paul stood in the water and began walking into the waves. The 53-year-old had been in intense pain for seven years, ever since a failed hernia surgery. That morning it had been so bad he couldn’t put on his underwear, only shorts and a shirt. A passerby on the beach asked him if he was okay. And he remembered he hadn't said goodbye to his wife. So he went home to tell her that he didn't want to live anymore.
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nj.com: He thought he could beat heroin on his own. But he died trying, family says
Posted 12/6/2017
Two days after her great-nephew was found dead in an overgrown lot in Vineland, Darlene Whilden said the child she raised was a sweet, smart kid who liked to fish and swim with his friends.