Asbury Park, NJ Welcomes Portugal Drug Czar
Dr. João Goulão, Portugal’s Drug Czar, will be making stops in New Jersey, detailing how his country’s drug decriminalization policy has greatly reduced overdose deaths and improved other health outcomes. In 2016 New Jersey experienced 2,221 overdoses to Portugal’s 27 despite having similar-sized populations. New Jersey is projected to break 3,000 fatal overdoses in 2018. […]