OPINION: N.J. laws won't solve opioid crisis until we first rethink pain
Saturday, February 25, 2017
By Sagar S. Parikh Gov. Chris Christie and state legislators just enacted a new law to combat the opioid crisis in our state -- a crisis that claimed 1,600 lives in New Jersey last year. The new law limits initial opioid prescriptions to five days, with some exclusions, increases access to inpatient and outpatient addiction treatment,…