TRENTON, N.J. – New Jersey discovered more hidden casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic this week: addicts. New Jersey Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli revealed on Monday that drug overdoses are up this year by 20% versus 2019. Nearly 3,000 state residents Read More
WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. — A new poll from the Monmouth University released Thursday finds 59% of New Jerseyans supportive of marijuana for personal use. 37% are opposed. Back in April 2014? Only 48% supported legalization while 47% were opposed. The Read More
The list keeps growing. The flu. Alzheimer’s disease. Breast, colon, cervical and prostate cancer. Homicide, suicide and car accidents combined. The opioid crisis is likely to kill more people than all of these in 2018.
At least 1,901 people died from opioid overdoses in 2016, well over twice the number of people from the state who died in the attacks on Sept. 11. Deaths involving heroin and fentanyl continued a meteoric rise in the Garden Read More
Will Chris Christie’s latest taxpayer investment in the opioid crisis war make a dent? Today, in Trenton: – Transcript: Governor Christie: This problem will not be addressed sufficiently in our country, if we don’t have the active involvement and partnership with Read More
Credit: Governor’s Office/Tim Larsen Members of the White House panel tasked with combatting the opioid crisis need more time to review the extensive public testimony and more than 8,000 comments submitted as part of their work to draft a report Read More
Credit: Governor’s Office/Tim Larsen Gov. Chris Christie Gov. Chris Christie has not abandoned his controversial quest to secure hundreds of millions of dollars from Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield, New Jersey’s largest health insurer, to fund drug addiction programs and Read More
Governor Chris Christie commemorated the opening of the Seabrook House outpatient drug treatment facility in Shrewsbury this morning by shouting down “NIMBY” protesters from the neighborhood who are not happy that the facility is located 200 yards from an elementary Read More
Is there a missing component to Gov. Chris Christie’s 5-day limit on painkiller prescriptions? One of the legislature’s newest members says maybe. “My concern is that something should be added to the new law that a prescription that isn’t completely used Read More
