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Rutgers: Overdose Risk More Than Tripled From 2014-2019 Among New Jersey Medicaid Users
September 01, 2021
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Sept. 1 (TNSJou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news:

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Rutgers-led study looks at medically treated opioid overdoses in New Jersey during the rapid spread of fentanyl

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A rise in heroin and fentanyl in New Jersey between 2014-2019 led to the tripling of medically treated opioid overdoses despite the state's strict limiting of prescription opioids for pain and substantial state initiatives to . . .

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