In the News
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usnews.com: Christie Outlines $200M for Opioids While Waiting on Trump
Posted 9/20/2017
Gov. Chris Christie says New Jersey will spend another $200 million on drug addiction programs.
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cnn.com: 41 state attorneys general subpoena opioid manufacturers
Posted 9/20/2017
(CNN) A coalition of 41 states' attorneys general have served five major opioid manufacturers with subpoenas seeking information about how these companies marketed and sold prescription opioids. The coalition is also demanding documents and information related to distribution practices from three drug distributors.
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cnn.com: Opioid overdoses shorten US life expectancy by 2½ months
Posted 9/20/2017
(CNN)Opioid drugs -- including both legally prescribed painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, as well as illegal drugs such as heroin or illicit fentanyl -- are not only killing Americans, they are shortening their overall life spans. Opioids take about 2½ months off our lives, according to a new analysis published in the medical journal JAMA.
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nytimes.com: ‘The Pills Are Everywhere’: How the Opioid Crisis Claims Its Youngest Victims
Posted 9/20/2017
When Penny Mae Cormani died in Utah, her family sang Mormon hymns — “Be Still My Soul” — and lowered her small coffin into the earth. The latest victim of a drug epidemic that is now taking 60,000 lives a year, Penny was just 1.
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thefix.com: Opioid Prescriptions Outnumber People In Some Rural California Counties
Posted 9/18/2017
The fourth smallest county in California has the highest per capita rate of opioid prescriptions in the state.
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seattletimes.com: Recovery communities are crucial to combat opioid epidemic
Posted 9/18/2017
The only way to stop the growing opioid crisis is to work together to provide short-term crisis care and then continue to support long-term recovery communities.
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nj.com - Exclusive: Christie to announce $200M plan to fight heroin epidemic
Posted 9/18/2017
TRENTON -- Gov. Chris Christie will announce this week $200 million in new initiatives to target the opioid crisis, primarily designed to overhaul addiction services, as he makes a final push on the issue he hopes will define his legacy.
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Medical Professionals Gather to Develop Solutions to Opioid Abuse Epidemic at Do No Harm Symposium
Posted 9/13/2017
HACKETTSTOWN — Dozens of medical professionals gathered at Hackettstown Regional Medical Center on Tuesday to learn what role they can play in stemming the current opioid crisis at the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey’s (PDFNJ) Do No Harm Symposium.
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newsworks.org: Christie says fighting opioid addiction will be primary focus in his final months
Posted 9/13/2017
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie leaves office in January and said the opioid crisis will be his primary focus until then.
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drugtopics.modernmedicine.com: Limits on Opioid Prescriptions Gain Popularity
Posted 9/13/2017
Opioid limits are gaining popularity, but do they actually work?