In the News
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pressofatlanticcity.com - Our view: Declaration of opioid emergency quickly benefits New Jersey
Posted 11/15/2017
Declaration of opioid emergency quickly benefits New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s fight against the opioid crisis and his chairing of the president’s anti-addiction commission have put New Jersey first in a treatment-access breakthrough.
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app.com: Is the opioid epidemic slowing?
Posted 11/15/2017
Year-over-year drug deaths have fallen in Ocean County by about 25 percent, the first significant decline in years, in what could portend a rare bit of good news in an epidemic that has produced a tidal wave of misery and death across the nation. .
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washingtonpost.com: 44 state attorneys general want repeal of law that curbed DEA powers
Posted 11/15/2017
Forty-four state attorneys general asked Congress on Tuesday to repeal a law that effectively strips the Drug Enforcement Administration of potent weapons against large drug companies that have allowed hundreds of millions of pain pills to spill onto the black market.
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pbs.org: This app tracks drug overdoses in real time
Posted 11/15/2017
In the summer of 2016, drug overdose deaths in Baltimore were exploding and health commissioner Dr. Leana Wen told federal Drug Enforcement Administration officials the city needed real-time data to better manage its public health response.
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cnbc.com: US transportation workers to face testing for prescription opioids next year
Posted 11/15/2017
Safety-sensitive transportation workers — including flight crew, air traffic controllers, truck drivers and train engineers — will be screened for several common opioid painkillers starting next year, according to a new federal rule published Monday.
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statnews.com: Drugstore pain pills as effective as opioids in ER patients
Posted 11/8/2017
CHICAGO — Emergency rooms are where many patients are first introduced to powerful opioid painkillers, but what if doctors offered over-the-counter pills instead? A new study tested that approach on patients with broken bones and sprains and found pain relievers sold as Tylenol and Motrin worked as well as opioids at reducing severe pain.
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patch.com: Opioid Overdose Recovery Program Launched In Somerset County
Posted 11/8/2017
The program at RWJ-Somerset provides recovery support services for those individuals reversed from an opioid overdose with Narcan.
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dailytargum.com: New Brunswick police have administered 95 doses of Narcan to date this year
Posted 11/8/2017
The drug is commonly used to counteract opioid overdoses
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thefix.com: New Jersey Sues Purdue Pharma Over ‘Direct Link’ To Opioid Crisis
Posted 11/8/2017
At least 11 states have filed lawsuits against Purdue Pharma because of the company’s marketing practices around opioids.
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nypost.com: One must-do fix for addressing the opioid epidemic
Posted 11/8/2017
Research shows that when people seek mental health and substance use disorder care, they have a much better chance of recovery if treatment is readily available. Take Peter, for example. Starting at age 12, he drank heavily and eventually moved to other drugs, including benzodiazepines and opioids. After decades of depression, Peter finally contacted a clinic in Pennsylvania.