In the News
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
drugtopics.modernmedicine.com: Limits on Opioid Prescriptions Gain Popularity
Posted 9/13/2017
Opioid limits are gaining popularity, but do they actually work?
-
behavioral.net: Most substance use numbers hold steady in national survey
Posted 9/13/2017
Opioid use did not show substantial increases in 2016, but the prominence of illegally manufactured fentanyl and its analogs means the opioid crisis continues to grow more deadly. Meanwhile, marijuana use among youths nationally has not increased, but adults ages 26 and older are using at a higher rate.
-
statnews.com: FDA panel says risk of opioid use in kids’ cough medicines outweighs benefits
Posted 9/13/2017
ROCKVILLE, Md. — A federal advisory committee sent a strong message to the Food and Drug Administration on Monday, declaring nearly unanimously that the risks of using certain opioids in children’s cough medications outweighs the benefits.
-
abcnews.go.com: Hurricanes drive addiction issues into public square
Posted 9/10/2017
In the whirr of preparations for Hurricane Irma, a needle exchange program in Miami's Overtown neighborhood handed out extra syringes to heroin users. Others trying to break from the drug's grasp picked up advance medication from methadone clinics.