A global consulting firm accused of helping to fuel the opioid epidemic through aggressive marketing ideas for prescription painkillers has entered into a settlement with New Jersey and 46 other states.
Mandatory rehab after Narcan saves. Mobile vans to transport people from police bookings to treatment. Bringing substance-abuse experts on police ridealongs.
After a spike that began last November and continued through the spring peak of the pandemic, opioid-related deaths declined in the June to August period.
Prosecutors say police scuttled a million-dollar opioid facility being run out of an Amazon driver's apartment, confiscating numerous luxury items including a 40-foot yacht.
Opioid-related deaths have risen year-over-year for eight straight months in New Jersey – but the 4% increase in June was the smallest in that stretch.
As medical teams have been uprooted from normal routines to meet the critical demands of COVID-19, elective surgeries have been postponed in New Jersey until further notice.