Interview: Lilo H. Stainton, health care writer, NJ Spotlight News
drug overdose
Opioid settlement funds paid to equip EMTs and a mobile van with medicine
The measure would increase fines and prison time for people caught with fentanyl
(AP Photo/Mark Lenihan, File)Percentage of Black and Hispanic residents dying is increasing, data shows
There were nearly 3,000 thousand overdose deaths reported in New Jersey between April 2020 and April 2021
Quests’ report found that more than half of the clinical drug tests performed in New Jersey were positive for drug misuse
Between April 2020 and April 2021, fatalities in NJ dropped by 1%
According to the CDC, that’s largely because of the synthetic opioid fentanyl, a pain reliever that’s 50 to 100 times stronger than morphine or heroin ...
An overdose alert has been issued by State Police and medical authorities for Sussex County.
Two state senators are sponsoring a bill that would provide Medicaid coverage to help individuals stay on their needed medications when they leave prison.
Research shows that there is a direct correlation between addiction and other mental health disorders.
(NJ Spotlight News)The doses of naloxone nasal spray were handed out at pharmacies Tuesday as part of a pilot program.
Since January 2018, 100 New Jersey preteens have attempted suicide by drug overdose.
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Drug overdoses have become the leading cause of injury in New Jersey and 36 other states. Fatalities by overdose have more than doubled in the ...
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Ocean County police officers are the first to be able to carry and administer Narcan, which temporarily reverses the effects of a narcotic overdose.