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Hamilton Township Students Write Winning Script in PDFNJ’s Middle School PSA Challenge
Posted 6/20/2017
HAMILTON TOWNSHIP — A team of six middle school students from Grice Middle School produced the winning script in the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey’s (PDFNJ) annual statewide Middle School Public Service Announcement (PSA) Challenge.
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pressofatlanticcity.com: Drug court helps people rebuild lives, graduates say
Posted 6/19/2017
MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — When Barbara Saduk, 26, of Woodbine, was in active addiction, she didn’t know there was any other way to live. This month, Saduk and 88 other people from Atlantic and Cape May counties graduated from the local drug-court program in the biggest class ever in the state. For many, it meant the start of a new chapter in their lives.
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drugabuse.gov: Opioid Use Disorders and Suicide: A Hidden Tragedy (Guest Blog)
Posted 6/19/2017
In 2015, over 33,000 Americans died from opioids—either prescription drugs or heroin or, in many cases, more powerful synthetic opioids like fentanyl. Hidden behind the terrible epidemic of opioid overdose deaths looms the fact that many of these deaths are far from accidental. They are suicides.
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health.com: Opioids Over-Prescribed After C-Sections: Studies
Posted 6/16/2017
Pills women don't use may end up in the wrong hands, researchers suggest
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politico.com: Christie: Opioid commission may propose changing HIPAA rules
Posted 6/16/2017
MORRISTOWN — The presidential opioid commission may propose changing patient privacy regulations so there are clear exemptions for overdose cases, Gov. Chris Christie, the commission chairman, said Monday.
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nbcnews.com: Bill to Provide Veterans with Acupuncture Access Introduced in House
Posted 6/15/2017
A measure to expand acupuncture access to veterans was introduced last week in the House of Representatives.
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Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey Claims Two First-Place Trophies at NJ Ad Club Jersey Awards
Posted 6/15/2017
MILLBURN — The Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey (PDFNJ) earned five awards, including two first prizes, at the 49th Annual NJ Ad Club Jersey Awards held Wednesday, June 7.
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njspotlight.com: GOVERNOR APPROVES LAW EXPANDING PHARMACY ACCESS TO OPIOID ANTIDOTE
Posted 6/14/2017
Gov. Chris Christie signed a law Friday that would allow pharmacies of all sizes to sell the antidote —naloxone, or Narcan — which is easy to administer as a shot or nasal spray that can quickly reverse a potentially deadly reaction to heroin or prescription drugs.
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npr.org: Why We Should Say Someone Is A 'Person With An Addiction,' Not An Addict
Posted 6/14/2017
For years, people with addiction have wondered when the media would recognize our condition as a medical problem, not a moral one — when they would stop reducing us to mere "addicts" and speak of us in the more respectful and accurate "person first" language that has become common for people with other diseases and disorders.
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healthitsecurity.com: NJ Gov. Seeks Ease in HIPAA Regulations for Opioid Fight
Posted 6/14/2017
Governor Chris Christie reportedly wants looser HIPAA regulations to help individuals in the current opioid crisis.