Moving Forward

Fighting for what we need in the counties, state, and nationwide

One of our mottos is nothing about us without us. In order to change how the system works, the solutions New Jersey puts forward must be led by us: the …

Elissa Tierney testified at the Statehouse on behalf of Not 0ne More and Sea Change RCO.

Our lawmakers are moving setbacks, not solutions – but we’re pushing back.

Imagine a world where we treat each other with care. A world where people aren’t locked away for our mistakes but offered a way to heal. Where treatment, harm reduction, and community support are widely available, helping people overcome these challenges.

It’s official: We passed the MAT Act.

On December 29, 2022, the federal Omnibus bill containing the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment (MAT) Act was finally signed into law, officially eliminating the outdated X-waiver and making medication assisted treatment more accessible for our loved ones in New Jersey and across the entire country! Take a minute to celebrate, huge federal wins like this don’t happen every day, and this is life-changing and life-saving stuff.

Narcan vending machines are a life-saving tool for the harm reduction arsenal

Thanks to the tireless organizing of people with substance use disorder, their loved ones, and community members, New Jersey has been expanding access to the life-saving overdose-reversing drug, naloxone. However, access should be expanded even further through the use of free naloxone vending machines.

MAT Act MOVES in Congress – and we got a shout out!

The MAT Act is moving to the House floor! On May 18, 2022, the MAT Act (or Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act) went to markup and finally passed out of the House Energy & Commerce Committee. We’re thrilled to be another step closer to passing this bill out of the House and moving it forward in the Senate, and (hopefully) soon making this life-saving treatment more widely available to our communities in New Jersey and across the country – especially for people on Medicaid and without insurance.

Working together to increase access to MAT (Medication-Assisted Treatment) in Spring 2022

Last week, staff and members from Not One More NJ met with Valerie Mielke, the Assistant Commissioner for the Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services at the NJ Department of Human Services. We were also joined by Adam Bucon, State Opioid Treatment Authority, and Michael Petruzzelli, Policy Director for the DHS. We talked about our shared goal of expanding access to medication assisted treatment (MAT) and mobile MAT units in New Jersey, and how we can work together to make sure that people struggling with substance abuse disorder are able to get treatment that meets their needs.

Drug corporations are being held accountable – but let’s make sure it makes a difference in our communities.

At the beginning of this year, four massive drug corporations agreed to settle thousands of lawsuits filed in the devastating wake of the overdose crisis. Johnson & Johnson, AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health, and McKesson will pay roughly $26 billion for the role they played in the crisis, namely making billions at the expense of our lives, loved ones, and community.