Industry Bulletins | April 30, 2020
New Study Offers Promising Results Of The Patient Notification Act In The Fight Against The Opioid Epidemic
A new study has found that the Patient Notification Act, a New Jersey law that requires medical practitioners to discuss the addictive potential of opioid-based painkillers with consumers (and parents of minors), and to also discuss a safer non-opioid alternative when available, is having a profound impact on the fight against the opioid epidemic. The study of the law, which went into effect in 2017, was commissioned by the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey (PDFNJ) and conducted by Andrew Kolodny, M.D., medical director of opioid policy research at Brandeis University's Heller School for Social . . .