Forensic scientists are helping police identify which street drugs are causing the most deaths.
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Health professionals are considering a different approach to treating addiction, and it starts with a patient's mental health.
(NJ Spotlight News)Gov. Phil Murphy announced Wednesday that deaths from opioid overdoses in New Jersey dropped in 2019, from 3,118 to 3,021.
Law enforcement responses to the crack and opioid-heroin epidemics are at the center of a new report from USA TODAY.
Panelists discussed harm reduction methods for individuals with substance use disorder.
MAT, or medication-assisted treatment, was the focus of a Camden information session Monday.
Purdue Pharma made its first appearance in federal bankruptcy court Tuesday, as the company attempts to settle a tsunami of lawsuits brought by governments across ...
Health Commissioner Shereef Elnahal outlines his priorities for fiscal year 2020 before the Senate budget committee.
This Knock Out Opioid Abuse Summit, sponsored by the Horizon Foundation for New Jersey and the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey, looked at the ...
Gov. Murphy, surrounded by different members of his cabinet, announced an interdepartmental, comprehensive approach to fighting the opioid epidemic.
Smaller workshops at the conference focused on things like police-community relations and the state's aging infrastructure.
Essex County leads the state in drug overdose deaths, according to the DEA. The DEA's 360 Strategy is about pulling leaders from uncommon backgrounds for ...
The DEA is rolling out a three-pronged approach to tackling the opioid epidemic in Newark.
New Jersey's new health commissioner, Shereef Elnahal, promotes his vision to transform the mental health system using the so-called single licensing plan approach to health ...
Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies equips law enforcement to better handle the problems of the opioid epidemic.
The president declared a 90-day public health emergency to address America’s deadly opioid epidemic, but some say it's not enough.
The session was largely devoted to the new law Christie signed limiting first-time prescriptions of opioid painkillers to five days.
The governor on the front lines of efforts to curb opioid addiction, talking with doctors on the dangers of over-prescribing painkillers. St. Peter's Healthcare System ...
Gov. Christie met with medical staff at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center to discuss the facility's Alternative to Opiates Program and the overall fight against ...
The government may allow internet providers to sell your online browsing habits to marketers. What does that mean for your privacy? The governor hears how ...