opiates

Representative Tom MacArthur is creating legislation to maintain prescription monitoring state-by-state, but that would offer federal incentives for meeting common standards.

Most of the heroin users now, their first opioid exposures are the prescription drugs. That’s true for at least 80 percent of today’s heroin addicts ~Dr. Wilson Compton, National Institute on Drug Abuse The Jersey Shore has seen an increase in heroin use  and part of the opiate problem, according to many, is the overuse of prescription drugs. On ...

Hope Sheds Light continues its educational outreach with their 4th Annual Celebration of Hope Walk September 9 to support those affected by the disease of addiction.

Calling it a "record pace," New Jersey Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino recaps license revocations, suspensions and disciplinary actions against 31 doctors and medical-field workers connected to opiate over-prescriptions in 2016.

New Jersey and New Hampshire are at the forefront of the war on drugs, especially heroin and opiates, so Congressman Tom MacArthur (R-3) and a Granite State Representative have taken lead roles to help exorcise the drug demons wreaking havoc internationally and domestically.

A groundbreaking approach to drug awareness among teens, which also builds bridges with law enforcement, begins in Manchester Township.