By Eileen Palazza In the time that it takes you to read this article another person in New Jersey will die from an opioid overdose. And then another and then another. As mothers and fathers, wives, husbands, sisters and brothers stand by and are helpless to prevent the death of their loved ones, drug corporations Read More »
Tag: overdose crisis
Fighting for Solutions: Ending the Overdose Crisis
Did you know that eight New Jerseyans lose their lives to a preventable overdose death everyday? That’s eight mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, grandchildren, and siblings suddenly gone everyday, over 3,000 a year, without any real explanation to help us understand how we got here or what we can do to stop it. We’re facing the Read More »
How Our Country Talks About The War On Drugs Is Backwards
How Our Country Talks About The War On Drugs Is Backwards by Joy Blackwood – OurFuture“How our country talks about the war on drugs is backwards,” said Kassandra Frederique, in her opening remarks to the first-ever convening of the People’s Action Overdose Crisis Cohort in Washington, D.C.“Criminalization of drug use and drug prohibition was no accident.” Read More »
Changing the Rules to Put Families First
By Shannon Duffy ACTION ALERT! Please sign our petition by clicking here. The battle is on again over the future of our National Flood Insurance Program. Does it put big insurance and banks first? Price families out of protection? Or does it put us and preparation first? On July 16th Senator Menendez (D-NJ) along with Read More »
Ending Overdose: Problems and Solutions
By Lisa Campanella The seeds of the opioid crisis were planted in the 1990’s by big pharmaceutical companies like Purdue Pharma that ruthlessly and criminally promoted the use of opioid drugs knowing the drugs were highly addictive, without sharing that information with health care providers who legitimately prescribed the drugs for pain or the patients Read More »
Summer Gatherings 2019
Manahawkin / LBI: Wednesday August 21st – Joe, Amanda and NJOP Bday party 6:30pm – 9pm, Bird & Betty’s 529 Dock Rd. Beach Haven NJ (on LBI) 08008 (Facebook Link) Three birthdays for the price of one: celebrate Joe’s 50th, Amanda’s 42nd, and NJOP’s 5th! Tickets are $20 for B-day fun, drinks and Bird & Read More »