Heroin at the Shore: Rehab Centers Struggle to Keep Up With Demand
Heroin at the Shore: Rehab centers struggle to keep up with demand
Former NJ Governor James McGreevey participates in a forum hosted by Assemblywoman Mary Pat Angelini with people from the DEA, medical community and substance abuse field to go over strategies to reduce painkiller and heroin abuse in NJ on …
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Experts offer advice on opiate and heroin epidemic in N.J.
TRENTON — Seeking to curb the unprecedented abuse of heroin and opiates in New Jersey, state lawmakers Thursday took the first step toward comprehensive reforms of the state's approach to substance abuse treatment and prevention. Experts from the …
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Fight heroin on all fronts
Instead, drug courts, in which low-level drug offenders are sentenced to rehab and probationary programs to break the cycle of arrest and abuse, should be expanded. The state says it is committed to that goal, but the … In 2011, the latest year for …
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