In the News
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njspotlight.com: IS HOSPITAL ER WEAK LINK IN STATE’S PRESCRIPTION MONITORING PROGRAM?
Posted 7/10/2017
Doctors in emergency room don’t have to check statewide prescription database before they write scrip for opiates
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nbcnews.com: First Opioid Court in the U.S. Focuses on Keeping Users Alive
Posted 7/10/2017
BUFFALO, N.Y. — After three defendants fatally overdosed in a single week last year, it became clear that Buffalo's ordinary drug treatment court was no match for the heroin and painkiller crisis.
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npr.org: Without Medical Support, DIY Detox Often Fails
Posted 7/10/2017
By the time Elvis Rosado was 25, he was addicted to opioids and serving time in jail for selling drugs to support his habit.
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nj.com: The N.J. counties that are most flooded with opioid prescriptions
Posted 7/10/2017
After years of increasing opioid use, the nation is experiencing a downturn in doctors handing out prescriptions for the class of drugs. Prescriptions remained high in certain areas of New Jersey, however, according to a Centers for Disease Control report released this week.
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app.com: Opioids poured into South Jersey in 2010 and 2015
Posted 7/10/2017
The number of opioid prescriptions written in the southern counties of New Jersey were among the nation's highest in 2015, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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nbcnews.com: Twin Plagues: Meth Rises in Shadow of Opioids
Posted 7/7/2017
America can't quit its meth habit. After a brief lull caused by a crackdown on domestic manufacturing techniques, the highly addictive stimulant is blooming across the country again, this time in the shadows of the opioid epidemic.
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nj1015.com: Overdoses in NJ libraries — more signs of the opioid crisis
Posted 7/7/2017
The opioid epidemic has gotten so bad in New Jersey that librarians are now being instructed to watch out for users overdosing inside a library bathrooms or behind rows of books.
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njspotlight.com: STATE REGULATIONS DECREASE OPIATE PRESCRIPTIONS NATIONWIDE, CDC FINDS
Posted 7/7/2017
But too many patients still taking dangerously high levels of addictive drugs
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newjersey.news12.com: Opioid prescribing is falling in the US, but not everywhere
Posted 7/7/2017
NEW YORK (AP) - Overall opioid prescription rates have been falling in recent years, but the powerful drugs have become more plentiful in more than than 1 in 5 U.S. counties, a report released Thursday finds.
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money.cnn.com: The opioid crisis is draining America of workers
Posted 7/7/2017
Use of opioids has become a key factor in why "prime age" workers, mostly men, are unable or unwilling to find work, according to a new report by Goldman Sachs (GS).