New Jersey is suffering from a wave of heroin and prescription pain killer abuse, but it is not a new thing like a plague or infectious agent. The abuse is a continuation of known behavior we’ve seen increase over many years — people experimenting and abusing drugs and alcohol. The difference, and the reason our …
Superbowl Sunday started with some negative news here on the east coast. Academy award winner Hoffman had died due to a suspected overdose. Hoffman was in detox last year after a heroin relapse following 23 years of sobriety. He was found on Sunday with a needle in his arm. The harsh reality of heroin always seems …
Phillip Seymour Hoffman was a Son, Partner, and a Dad for 3 Children Read More »
While I commend all law enforcement in what they do and in their battle against this heroin epidemic here in New Jersey, April’s first heroin bust is just a pin prick in the fight. Police report having seized 300 bricks of heroin, said to have a $120,000 street value. The heroin bust took place in Paterson, …
Paterson, NJ Heroin Bust : 300 “Bricks” Won’t Change Much Read More »
This week, I’m helping Radio 107.1 FM to raise awareness about the heroin epidemic that is ravaging our local communities. It’s a serious problem; according to on-air statistics, 10% of all heroin addicts nationwide live in New Jersey. Last year, more people died from heroin overdose than from vehicular DWI accidents, and addicts are as young as 10 years old. …
10% of America’s Heroin Addicts Live in New Jersey Read More »
Often times the one big message of successful recovery is “hard work pays off”. This week, and this month, and this year, that hard work has been raising awareness of the heroin epidemic in New Jersey, to prevent as much of the fallout from addiction as we can right now. And the hard work is …
Hard Work Pays Off: Raising Heroin Awareness in NJ Read More »
Tonight is the Ocean County DART Coalition Forum “Can We Talk – Are You Listening?” at the Pine Belt Arena from 5pm to 9pm. The event is being organized by Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph Coronato, and will focus on the heroin epidemic that is sweeping through New Jersey’s communities. I will be there, along with Ryan …
With crackdowns increasing on improperly-prescribed and illegal prescription drugs, more pill users are turning to heroin, according to studies in Maryland. Prescription drug overdoses are down by 15%, but heroin ODs are up 41%. The total number of combined overdoses is up about 6%. That’s probably because naïve users have greater difficulty managing heroin dosage than they …
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In New Jersey on any given day, nearly 1,000 people are in a clinic or hospital receiving substance abuse treatment. Most have entered a detox program (Sunrise Detox in Stirling services over 100 individuals every month) for what is typically a week to ten days of medically-supervised treatment. The initial detox is needed to stabilize them medically, …
1,000 New Jersey Residents are in Substance Abuse Treatment, Every Day Read More »
We are used to hearing the phrase “deadly in high doses”. Many drugs can be deadly in high doses. Now we are seeing something new : deadly in SMALL doses. The powerful drug fentanyl, another man-made opioid like oxycontin (oxycodone) and hydrocodone, is showing up on the streets. It is pressed into pills similar to oxycodone, colored …
Long Island Plagued by Fentanyl Deaths Fentanyl is a very powerful drug, normally only used in terminal cases of severe pain, where the patient is expected to die and needs pain relief. These days fentanyl is a regular news topic. It’s killing people. Long Island has set a new record of 220 overdose deaths involving …
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