Patient at rehab center arrested on heroin charges
ANDOVER TWP. — A man who left the Andover Subacute and Rehab Center for a day pass was arrested after he tried to return with heroin in his bag, police said. Police were called to the center on Thursday at 5:33 p.m. for a report of an out-of-control …
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Trenton drug rehab patients forced to look to Florida for help
The scarcity of facilities in the city has become significant enough that Recovery Advocates has resorted to sending more than 60 percent of its addicts to Florida — a state that they claim has abundant support for drug addiction recovery. “We try to …
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State commission misses the point on heroin: Editorial
Most of them were addicts from the start, according to prison surveys. And few received treatment. And yet, the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence estimates that 1 in 2 adults seeking treatment in New Jersey cannot get it, and 2 in 3 teens.
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