The Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies is collaborating with a nationally recognized expert in opioid addiction to train New Brunswick police and other agencies on how to combat the state’s heroin crisis. At present, law enforcement is trained to save the lives of opioid overdose victims by administering an opioid overdose antidote drug, but lack …
A new law recently signed into effect by Governor Chris Christie will allow addicts to seek help for dependency and addiction from local police without facing arrest or incarceration. The purpose of the law is to help reduce statewide opioid use, addiction, and overdose deaths, and to connect addicts with drug rehab centers in New …
A report published recently by the New Jersey Hospital Association shows that certain areas in the state are seeing significant increases in the amount of emergency patients seeking addiction or mental illness treatment. In many cases, those who need addiction or behavioral health treatment often don’t know where to turn for help, and seek the …
Somerset County recently unveiled a new program that connects drug offenders and those arrested for alcohol-related crimes with New Jersey drug rehab centers that can help them achieve sobriety. The program, called Steps to Action Recovery and Treatment, or START is modeled after a similar program that launched in Hunterdon County three years ago. The …
An opioid overdose reversal drug called naloxone is used an average of 21.8 times per day in New Jersey, equating to roughly more than one use per county on a daily basis, according to local news sources. Officials are saying this data on naloxone use proves that the Garden State is not excluded from the …
Officials in Ocean County are concerned about the region’s growing rate of overdose deaths involving a synthetic opioid called fentanyl. According to Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph Coronato, the county could reach 160 overdose deaths by the end of the year, which is up from 118 in 2015 and double the amount in 2012. In an …