In the News
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nj1015.com: NJ kids starting drugs as young as 10 — Demand grows for youth treatment
Posted 7/27/2017
As the opioid painkiller and heroin abuse epidemic continues to swirl in New Jersey, a growing number of youth drug programs are being offered. But experts say supply is not keeping up with demand.
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consumersafety.org: Fighting the Opioid Crisis: The Efforts that are Giving Hope to America
Posted 7/27/2017
What do the numbers 2.7 million, 59 thousand, and 91 have in common? They represent harrowing statistics surrounding an opioid crisis that has crippled the nation over the past decade:
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nj1015.com: A warning to parents of student-athletes: Steroids aren’t the only problem
Posted 7/25/2017
A new law in New Jersey is designed to educate students participating in athletics, and their parents, about the dangers of opioid prescription drug use and abuse.
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crainsdetroit.com: Opioids in the workplace: A bitter pill for business
Posted 7/25/2017
Employers have role to play in slowing crisis
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huffingtonpost.com: When Your Parents Are Addicted To Painkillers
Posted 7/25/2017
Skip the intervention and rehab threats. Here’s how to really help the growing boomer demographic in America’s opioid epidemic.
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washingtonpost.com: Recovery coaches at ERs try to help opioid addicts avoid another overdose
Posted 7/25/2017
NEW YORK — Five months into his job at a 24-hour walk-in behavioral health center here on Staten Island, Tarik Arafat has a new assignment: on call at a nearby hospital to counsel people who have just been revived from opioid overdoses.
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huffingtonpost.com: In Pain? Talk to Your Doctor & Dentist Before Opioids Are Prescribed
Posted 7/21/2017
Despite the medical community’s best efforts, opioids are the most common form of pain treatment with more than 259 million prescriptions written each year. That is enough for every adult in the United States to have a bottle of pills or enough to cover 3 football fields. As such, the misuse and abuse of opioid pain relievers—such as hydrocodone, oxycodone and fentanyl, etc.—has reached epidemic and some argue pandemic proportions.
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thefix.com: Shame's Impact On Addiction & Recovery
Posted 7/21/2017
Some experts believe that shame can be a resource in overcoming addiction while others think unresolved shame can fuel it.
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newjersey.news12.com: Powerful opioid suspected in 10-year-old Miami boy's death
Posted 7/21/2017
MIAMI (AP) - A 10-year-old boy from a drug-ridden Miami neighborhood apparently died of a fentanyl overdose last month, becoming one of Florida's littlest victims of the opioid crisis, authorities said Tuesday. But how he came into contact with the powerful painkiller is a mystery.
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nj.com: The death toll from drugs just reached a grim new high in N.J.
Posted 7/21/2017
Deaths from drug overdoses likely topped 2,000 in 2016, killing more people than guns, car accidents and suicides combined, according to analysis by NJ Advance Media.