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FDA Grants Breakthrough Designation to Rapid Test for Xylazine, Veterinary Sedative Fueling Overdose Crisis

A Pennsylvania diagnostics company received a Breakthrough Device Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its new rapid urine test to detect xylazine, a veterinary sedative increasingly mixed into illicit drugs that complicates overdose responses. The designation is expected to shorten the regulatory path for the test as health professionals seek better tools to identify shifting substance use patterns and address the growing overdose crisis. (Source: Medical Economics)

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Op-Ed: Boost Behavioral Health Funding Now Or Pay Much More Later

Advocates argue that New Jersey risks greater social and economic costs if the state does not increase investments in behavioral health care by tens of millions of dollars to stabilize provider rates and expand access to services that are currently strained by workforce shortages and unmet needs. They warn that without stronger funding commitments now, gaps in mental health and addiction treatment could deepen, leading to more crisis care and long-term impacts on communities and public systems. (Source: NJ Spotlight News)

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Young Women's Conference

The Young Women’s Conference equips high school students with leadership skills, healthy relationship education, and substance misuse prevention tools. Sponsorships directly fund transportation, meals, and materials so schools can send more students at little or no cost.

NJ Addiction Treatment Provider Adds 22 Residential Beds

Enlightened Recovery has opened a new 22-bed residential treatment building on its large campus in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey to increase its capacity to treat people with substance use disorders in the region. The expanded facility is part of the provider’s broader continuum of care and is expected to help serve over a thousand individuals in need of inpatient and outpatient services in the coming years. (Source: Becker’s Behavioral Health)

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Man Illegally Sold Large Amounts Of Marijuana From 2 North Jersey Businesses, Investigators Say

A Sussex County man has been indicted on multiple charges after authorities say he ran an unlicensed operation manufacturing and selling marijuana at two local commercial locations, prompting an investigation and arrest. Court records show he was arraigned on a multi-count indictment that includes drug distribution and related offenses as prosecutors detail the alleged illegal sales. (Source: Yahoo News)

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