Heroin at the Shore: Rehab centers struggle to keep up with demand
New Jersey gets mixed reviews by officials and professionals for its suite of treatment options, but few argue that the state, and especially the Jersey Shore, lack the detox facilities, long-term programs and halfway homes that are needed to keep up …
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New Jersey's Drug Court Program: Making the Sentence Fit the Crime
In fact, it's the only state-subsidized drug rehab program in New Jersey. “The only way you can get the state to pay for drug treatment is to commit a crime and thereafter be sentenced to drug court,” he said. Barnett Hoffman, a former presiding judge …
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Number of Rehabilitation Facilities Too Low to Compensate for Heroin Abuse
Tweet About This! With the recent emergence of krokodil, the flesh-eating injectable opioid, in the United States, it seems as though illicit drug and prescription painkiller misuse may present a problem in our country. But this problem is not only a …
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