Two Former New Jersey Governors Come Together to Help Drug Offenders

Published April 19, 2014

Two Former New Jersey Governors Come Together to Help Drug Offenders
Mr. Christie said that neither incarceration nor the country's war on drugs has succeeded in keeping former inmates out of prison. He called for wider use of the state's drug-court system, which works with individual offenders to help them stay out of …
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Editorial: NJ drug addiction study underscores deadly problem facing state
The report offers an array of recommendations to help stave off the grim statistics that in 2012 showed more than 8,300 admissions to state-licensed or substance abuse treatment programs for prescription drug abuse – a 700 percent increase since 2002.
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Christie ties support of drug treatment to his abortion stance
McGreevey, a Democrat, asked the Republican governor whether as chair of the Republican Governors Association, Christie can help convince his Republican peers that treatment for drug addicts is preferable to throwing them in jail. “Oh, here we go,” …
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