New Jersey's Heroin Crisis Worsens

New Jersey's heroin crisis worsens
Flimsy regulation, outdated drug education, irresponsible prescribing practices and myriad barriers to treatment have enabled and exacerbated a growing crisis of heroin and opiate addiction among New Jersey youth, according to an ambitious — and long …
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Vt. fights drug crimes with treatment, not jail
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) – Heroin-related crime has so overwhelmed Vermont's courts and jails in recent years that lawmakers are poised to adopt sweeping standards for a statewide diversion program to get some offenders into drug treatment and out of the …
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South Jersey drug treatment providers: For heroin addicts, more inpatient care …
Though there are “tons of treatment facilities in Philadelphia,” he suggested that when New Jersey state funds are paying for treatment, the more distant North Jersey facilities tend to get the patients. Rev. John Stabeno, a Catholic priest who helps …
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