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
White House Addiction Panel Chaired by Christie Needs More Time to Draft Report
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
Christie Shouts Down Protesters In Shrewsbury
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
Maybe It’s Not Healthy to Reduce Addiction to a Disease?
As Governor Chris Christie continues his expensive campaign to rehabilitate his political career by tackling drug rehabilitation, Save Jerseyans, I thought it’d be prudent to take a step back and look at this entire situation from a different perspective. Challenging premises Read More
Narcotics, Pain, and Medicaid in New Jersey
A new law has hit the people of New Jersey, the home of the toughest narcotics laws in the nation, in an effort to stem deaths from heroin and opioid addiction. The target? Law abiding physicians—as if physicians were the Read More
One N.J. Legislator Stood Alone Against Trenton’s Costly Addiction Mandate
Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.” – Edmund Burke — Governor Chris Christie‘s ongoing mission to rehabilitate his political career by Read More
The Rate Of Babies Born Addicted To Opioids Is Skyrocketing
The rate of babies born addicted to opioids increased by 538 percent between 2006 and 2015 in Missouri, according to a disturbing new study warning the problem is rapidly getting worse. At least eight in every 1,000 babies born will Read More
Trenton About to Spend Millions of Your Dollars on Addiction Awareness Ads?
New Jersey’s fiscal crisis continues to deepen, Save Jerseyans, but you’d never know it underneath the Trenton State House’s golden dome. The latest indication that they’re not taking it too seriously? On February 1st, a public notice quietly surfaced over Read More
No, N.J. Republicans shouldn’t follow Christie down this rabbit hole!
Chris Christie‘s 2017 ‘State of the State’ obviously wasn’t a state of the state in any meaningful sense because, as was evident to anyone listening, most of the major issues impacting average New Jerseyans were ignored. It was a ‘State of Read More