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Since last year, more than $95 million from a federal opioid settlement has been distributed to New Jersey, its 21 counties and 241 municipalities to fight addiction. But investing that capital is off to a slow start — about 6.2% has been appropriated — even as the Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner reports nearly 2,300 suspected drug deaths so far in 2023.
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/PRNewswire/ -- National nonprofit Partnership to End Addiction announces the launch of its new documentary, "Untreated & Unheard: The Addiction Crisis in...
New Jersey Leaders Call on Congressional Delegation to Enact Lifesaving Opioid Reform February 24, 2021, 2:25 pm | in New Jersey – February 24, 2021 – A coalition of 44 New Jersey healthcare, behavioral health, recovery, harm reduction, criminal justice, and social advocacy organizations and leaders called on members of the New Jersey Congressional delegation today to pass the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act. In a letter to the delegation, these leaders urged New Jersey’s senators and representatives to prioritize the bill in light of historic overdose deat...