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New Jersey PMP - January 19, 2012

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NJ.com January 15, 2012
How New Jersey Plans to Put a Lid on Pain Pills
Officials Announce Program that will Track Prescriptions
TRENTON  All it took was a single pill. A friend encouraged her to try it, then a doctor
prescribed it, no questions asked. A single pill of the painkiller OxyContin and
Brenna-Ann Haase was hooked, so much so that she stole cash, jewelry, DVDs, anything she
could use to feed her addiction. Once an energetic fifth-grade teacher, Haase ended up a
felon, locked up for more than two years in state prison for robbery.

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