In the News
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washingtonexaminer.com: DEA puts synthetic opioid fentanyl on par with heroin and meth
Posted 11/22/2017
The Drug Enforcement Administration is cracking down on the use of synthetic opioid fentanyl, which is more potent than heroin.
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usnews.com: White House: Opioid Epidemic Carries $504B Price Tag
Posted 11/21/2017
The president's Council of Economic Advisers on Monday reported opioid abuse is costing the U.S. hundreds of billions of dollars.
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roi-nj.com: Christie approves 26 facilities for opioid treatment bed increase
Posted 11/21/2017
As part of Gov. Chris Christie’s fight against opioid abuse, an increase in inpatient psychiatric treatment beds was approved Friday.
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njbiz.com: New Jersey files charges against drug company, former CEO, over opioid crisis
Posted 11/21/2017
The State of New Jersey has filed an amended consumer fraud and false claims complaint against Insys Therapeutics and its founder, billionaire John Kapoor, over charges that the company engaged in an unlawful marketing campaign designed to increase sales of its opioid-based pain killer, Subsys.
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washingtonpost.com: As opioid crisis worsens, a drug used to reverse overdoses can be difficult to access
Posted 11/21/2017
A drug used to reverse opioid overdoses has been hailed for saving thousands of lives nationwide, but some municipalities are having trouble accessing it.
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Nationally Recognized Oral Surgeon, Other Experts Inform Doctors and Dentists on Safer Opioid Prescribing
Posted 11/17/2017
EDISON — As a dentist and oral surgeon who has prescribed opioid painkillers throughout his career, Dr. A. Omar Abubaker certainly has a professional interest in the opioid epidemic that now is claiming an average of 175 American lives every day.
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Physicians Become Better Informed on Opioid Prescribing at Do Not Harm Symposium
Posted 11/15/2017
PHILLIPSBURG — Doctors and physicians left St. Luke’s Warren Hospital on Tuesday night with a better understanding of the opioid epidemic gripping the state and their role in addressing it after hearing from experts at the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey’s (PDFNJ) Do No Harm symposium.
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newsweek.com: WHAT IS KRATOM? FDA CRACKS DOWN ON DEADLY PLANT TOUTED FOR OPIOID WITHDRAWAL
Posted 11/15/2017
Leaves from the kratom tree, which grows in Southeast Asia and is distantly related to coffee plants, have been touted as a potential treatment for opioid withdrawal, among other conditions. However, drugs made from these leaves carry "deadly risks," Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb warned in a statement on Tuesday afternoon.
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pressofatlanticcity.com - Our view: Declaration of opioid emergency quickly benefits New Jersey
Posted 11/15/2017
Declaration of opioid emergency quickly benefits New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s fight against the opioid crisis and his chairing of the president’s anti-addiction commission have put New Jersey first in a treatment-access breakthrough.
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app.com: Is the opioid epidemic slowing?
Posted 11/15/2017
Year-over-year drug deaths have fallen in Ocean County by about 25 percent, the first significant decline in years, in what could portend a rare bit of good news in an epidemic that has produced a tidal wave of misery and death across the nation. .