Drug use infections in NJ add to opioid death toll
Infections from injecting drugs caused nearly 300 deaths in NJ in 2019. Safe-needle programs can help prevent them, advocates say.
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Infections from injecting drugs caused nearly 300 deaths in NJ in 2019. Safe-needle programs can help prevent them, advocates say.
Injection-related hospitalization rates per capita were highest in Atlantic, Camden, Cumberland, Essex, Gloucester, Mercer, Salem, and Warren counties in 2019, according to the New Jersey Harm Reduction Coalition.
Infections from injecting drugs caused nearly 300 deaths in NJ in 2019. Safe-needle programs can help prevent them, advocates say.
Injection-related hospitalization rates per capita were highest in Atlantic, Camden, Cumberland, Essex, Gloucester, Mercer, Salem, and Warren counties in 2019, according to the New Jersey Harm Reduction Coalition.