addiction

New legislation would incentivize businesses to hire New Jerseyans in recovery from substance abuse by providing a $2,000 tax credit per employee.

Using a federal grant, the state will pick six places for a ‘Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion’ program for people with addiction or mental health issues.

Steve is both proud and humbled to be honored like this.

Tom Hudanish runs The Nicholas Hudanish Foundation to educate and empower kids to prevent addiction in the first place.

People are feeling the impact of being told that humans are nothing more than disease carriers, Spadea says.

So where does the money come from? Fundraising has been hard to do this past year but last Monday I was at the Seth Nemeroff gold outing along with COA founder who lost his son Casey to addiction.

On Nov 5th, 2018, Artie Lange came into our New Jersey 101.5 studio and announced that he was going into rehab. Since then it's been a long and winding road that took him through jail, rehab, and drug court. Now it looks like the beloved Union comedian is coming out the other end. I, for one, couldn't be happier.

How much of a deterrent is a prison when it comes to drug addiction? The body wants what the body wants when it wants drugs. It doesn't matter what your race is or your income level or position in society. People have thrown their whole lives away thanks to drug addiction.

National Substance Abuse Prevention Month may be over, but plenty of people still need your help.

My friends at Relevance Behavioral Health want you to know that the fight against addiction is especially important during these dangerous times.