1. New Jersey Information

2. NJ: Alcohol Related Deaths (Stahre, Roeber, Kanny, Brewer, & Zhang, 2014)

3. NJ: Alcohol: Years of Life Lost (Stahre, Roeber, Kanny, Brewer, & Zhang, 2014)

4. NJ Drug Related Deaths (Bucon, 2015)

5. NJ Drug Related Deaths (Bucon, 2015)

6. NJ Heroin Deaths 3x US (Stirling, 2015b)

7. NJ Heroin Deaths 2004-2014 (Stirling, 2015b)

8. H Deaths by County, 2010-2014 (Stirling, 2015)

9. (Zhu, 2015)

10. (Zhu, 2015)

11. NJ Heroin Deaths Per 100,000 (Stirling, 2015b)

12. Per Capita Heroin Deaths by County

13. Most Deaths: Camden, 93

14. Most Per 100,000: Atlantic, 18.9

15. NJ: Barriers to Treatment (NCADD New Jersey, n.d.)
Needing treatmenta: 806,000
Getting treatment: 5%
aDerived from NJSAMS Household Survey, 2003

16. NJ Tx: Assessed and Placed FY 2014 (NCADD New Jersey, 2014)
By the NCADD NJ:
Assessed: 9,649
Needing tx: 7,858
Entering tx: 6, (78%)

17. Heroin Treatment in NJ (Stirling, 2014)

18. NJ Substance Abuse Treatment (Peskoe & Stirling, 2015)

19. NJ Treatment: Only 25% Getting It (Stirling, 2015)
NJ Fatal Overdoses Rising
2011:  : 760
In treatment: 33,500
SAMHSA: 179,000 in need
Only 25% are getting treatment

20. Heroin Crisis: “Like Lightning”
"We’re seeing it more and more. They are quickly moving from prescription drugs to heroin. It’s like lightning!”
--Robert Budsock, CEO of Integrity House

21. Navigating Insurance: “Nightmare” (Stirling, 2014)
Navigating the insurance process for treatment is "a nightmare!"
-- Frank Greenagel
Rutgers professor and clinical social worker specializing in addiction
Options more limited without insurance.
Receiving tx without insurance at all: > 60% in 2013