New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has said the opioid crisis will be his primary focus before he leaves office in January. In his final state-of-the-state address, Christie called that crisis “one that is ripping the very fabric of our state.” He provided some grim statistics. “Drug overdose deaths escalated by nearly 22 percent in New Jersey between the year 2014 and 2015, largely due to opioids. There was a 30 percent increase in heroin deaths over the previous year, and triple the number of deaths caused by the synthetic opioid fentanyl, which has up to 50 times the potency of heroin.” “People addicted to opioids and other substances can be found everywhere in the state,” confirms Mandy Koblischek, who represents Lakeview Health in New Jersey. “It’s in the suburbs and the inner cities. It doesn’t discriminate, and it’s killing a whole generation right now.” Christie wants to make the fight against addiction more efficient by transferring the Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) from its current home in the state’s Department of Human Services to the health department. The DMHAS is responsible for overseeing statewide mental health and addiction services, state aid funding, four state psychiatric hospitals, contracts with provider agencies and criminal justice system addiction treatment services, among others.
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