In the News
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NYTimes.com: Lower Back Ache? Be Active and Wait It Out, New Guidelines Say
Posted 2/14/2017
Dr. James Weinstein, a back pain specialist and chief executive of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health System, has some advice for most people with lower back pain: Take two aspirin and don’t call me in the morning.
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app.com: New opioid law would put NJ out front
Posted 2/12/2017
Six years after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared prescription drug overdoses “An American Epidemic,” the state Legislature is set to enact the strongest measures in the country to cut into the opioid and heroin crisis.
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nj.com: We need a comprehensive approach to N.J.'s opioid crisis | Opinion
Posted 2/10/2017
Gov. Chris Christie and the legislature have worked together to identify and advance positive solutions to help the growing number of New Jersey residents dealing with addiction. We are grateful to have leaders who understand that addiction is a disease -- not a behavior, choice or moral failure.
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comcastnewsmakers.com: [VIDEO] Opioid Abuse Epidemic with Angelo Valente of Partnership for a Drug-Free NJ
Posted 2/8/2017
Jill Horner speaks with Angelo Valente, Executive Director from the Partnership for a Drug-Free NJ, about Opioid Abuse Epidemic.
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OPIOID ADDICTION BECOMES LAW
Posted 2/6/2017
(TRENTON) – Legislation sponsored by Assembly Democrats Joseph Lagana, Nancy Pinkin, Valerie Vainieri Huttle, Marlene Caride, Ralph Caputo and Benjie Wimberly enlisting the aid of healthcare providers in discussing the dangers of certain opioid medications prior to issuing a prescription to patients who are minors was signed into law on Monday.
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New Jersey: First in the Nation to Require Physicians to Discuss Addictive Qualities of Opiates Prior to Prescribing
Posted 2/6/2017
TRENTON -- New Jersey residents will now be informed of the addictive qualities of the medicines their children are prescribed thanks to a new law, the first of its kind in the nation, which passed today in the Garden State.
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app.com - NJ opioid story: From football field to jail
Posted 2/4/2017
As a rising high school senior trying out for the University of Delaware football team in 2009, Donovan Allieri ripped two ligaments in his right thumb during a defensive end drill.
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njtvonline.org: Debate Over Limiting Opioid Prescriptions to Five-Day Supply
Posted 2/2/2017
There’s overwhelming consensus that over-prescribing and easy access to opiates have fueled the heroin epidemic. But, the head of the Carrier Clinic disagrees with the governor and the Assembly speaker in limiting initial opiate prescriptions to a five-day supply for acute pain.
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BRAMNICK-RIBLE OPIOID ADDICTION BILL ADVANCES
Posted 1/30/2017
TRENTON, N.J. – The Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee advanced legislation today sponsored by Assembly Republican Leader Jon Bramnick and Assemblyman Dave Rible addressing the opioid epidemic. The vote was 10-0-1.
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nbcnews.com - The Deadly Triangle: Dentists, Drugs and Dependence
Posted 1/24/2017
Like about five million people each year, 27-year-old Brittany Ringersen had her wisdom teeth removed when she was a teenager. But what Brittany's dentist failed to warn her was that her prescription for Percocet, a commonly used painkiller for post-surgery discomfort, had the potential to lead her down a path of dependence.