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2021 Overdose Numbers in NJ Show State Is Still in Crisis Mode

By P. Kenneth Burns | WHYY
Published March 15, 2022 at 12:15 AM EDT
Needles are bundled in tens for Philadelphia's Prevention Point's exchange program.
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Needles are bundled in tens for Philadelphia's Prevention Point's exchange program.

Preliminary figures show that drug overdose deaths in New Jersey for 2021 weren't as high as many feared. However, advocates tell WHYY's Kenneth Burns that the numbers show the state remains in crisis mode.

(Original air-date: 3/14/22)
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P. Kenneth Burns | WHYY
Kenneth Burns is WHYY’s South Jersey reporter. He joined the station in 2018 as an anchor. He also contributed stories and won a 2020 Keystone Media Award for one of them.
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