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...
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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,...
Read MoreIt’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bill containing the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment (MAT) Act was finally signed into law, officially eliminating the outdated X-waiver and making medication assisted treatment...
Read MoreNarcan 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,...
Read MoreMAT 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...
Read MoreWorking 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...
Read MoreDrug 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...
Read MoreVICTORY! New Laws Mean More Lives Saved from Preventable Overdose and Expanded Access to MAT
Over the last year and a half we’ve come together to host community events, met with elected officials and worked to win expanded access to the lifesaving overdose reversal drug...
Read MoreTell your Reps: End Overdose NOW!
End Overdose NOW! Tell Your Reps to End Overdose and Expand Access to Treatment SEND A LETTER Imagine a world where we have what we need to overcome our challenges,...
Read MoreKill the X-Waiver!
Tell Congressman Pallone to Expand Access to Medication Assisted Treatment. SIGN PETITION As loved ones, people in recovery, and people who use drugs united to end the overdose crisis, we...
Read MoreCare Our Communities Deserve
No matter what we look like or where we come from, the COVID-19 pandemic reminds us that at our core, we are all human. Our ability to get and stay...
Read MoreWhat we need in our time to end the Overdose Crisis
By Eileen Palazza In the time that it takes you to read this article another person in New Jersey will die from an opioid overdose. And then another and then...
Read MoreFighting for Solutions: Ending the Overdose Crisis
Did you know that eight New Jerseyans lose their lives to a preventable overdose death everyday? That’s eight mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, grandchildren, and siblings suddenly gone everyday, over 3,000...
Read MoreEnding Overdose: Problems and Solutions
By Lisa Campanella The seeds of the opioid crisis were planted in the 1990’s by big pharmaceutical companies like Purdue Pharma that ruthlessly and criminally promoted the use of opioid...
Read MoreWe need to do more to address the addiction crisis
BY HEATHER SHAPTER Addiction is crippling. Toward the end I was using against my will. I was scared to be sick and go through withdrawal, so I continued getting high....
Read MoreJOIN US IN OUR FIGHT
Now more than ever, we need to stand up and speak out in the name of those we have lost to preventable overdose deaths; and with loved ones who are still with us.