Christie compares today's opioid epidemic to AIDS crisis in '80s

ATLANTIC CITY — Addressing a conference of addiction treatment professionals Friday, Gov. Chris Christie said the state’s opioid addiction epidemic reminds him of another disease outbreak: the HIV and AIDS crisis in the 1980s.

“There’s a lot of similarities,” he said. “People who are in denial about the lives that are being lost; certain value judgements that are being placed upon the conduct of people who then get this disease.”

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Dr. Peter Swanljung Appointed to Chief Medical Officer

Malvern Health is proud to announce that Dr. Peter Swanljung has been appointed as our new Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Swanljung will be responsible for the physician and medical oversight of all of our bed-based services including our two Malvern Treatments Centers addiction facilities and our new...

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