Beginning Monday, June 8, the Morris County Covid-19 drive-through test center at County College of Morris in Randolph will be open to all Morris County and Sussex County residents who want a nasal swab test, without a prescription and whether or not they are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms.
Dr. Caleb Alexander, professor of epidemiology and medicine at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting drug and alcohol addiction.
Content Warning: The following interview has stories from callers in active addiction and mentions of substance use.
In the opioid overdose epidemic, death rates have risen for all populations, including African-American, Latino, Native, and Asian-American and Pacific Islander populations. Although the highest overdose death rates are in White people in the United States, death rates for particular communities of color are on the rise.