In the News
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washingtonpost.com: In just one year, nearly 1.3 million Americans needed hospital care for opioid-related issues
Posted 6/21/2017
The coast-to-coast opioid epidemic is swamping hospitals, with government data published Tuesday showing 1.27 million emergency room visits or inpatient stays for opioid-related issues in a single year.
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nj.com: One way opioid crisis hit N.J. harder than other states
Posted 6/21/2017
WASHINGTON -- New Jersey had one of the highest rates of emergency room visits due to opioid abuse, according to a federal report released Tuesday.
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wsj.com: States Launch Bipartisan Probe of Opioid Marketing and Addiction
Posted 6/21/2017
A bipartisan group of state attorneys general is jointly investigating the marketing of prescription painkillers and the causes of widespread opioid addiction, according to people familiar with the matter, in another sign of growing pressure on the pharmaceutical industry.
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njherald.com: Few opioid-addicted youth get standard treatment medication
Posted 6/21/2017
CHICAGO (AP) — Only 1 in 4 teens and young adults with opioid addiction receive recommended treatment medication despite having good health insurance, according to a study that suggests doctors are not keeping up with the needs of youth caught up in the worst addiction crisis in U.S. history.
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usnews.com: Lawmakers Fight for Recovery High Schools
Posted 6/21/2017
Research has shown the effectiveness of recovery schools and how they are helping students like Kristen, and state lawmakers are listening. In a 2009 study evaluating students at more than a dozen recovery schools, participants said they only stayed sober 32 percent of the time before entering their respective schools, compared to 82 percent after they began their programs.
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app.com: Opioid-related trips to NJ ERs have doubled
Posted 6/21/2017
Opioid-related trips to emergency departments in New Jersey doubled between 2005 and 2014, according to new data from a federal report.
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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