Urges NJ DOH to increase public awareness on effects of xylazine.
This resolution urges the New Jersey Department of Health to increase public awareness about xylazine, a veterinary drug not approved for human use that is being used recreationally and linked to overdose deaths. It requests the Department to provide educational resources informing residents about xylazine's health risks - including its incompatibility with naloxone (used for opioid overdoses) and its frequent combination with fentanyl - which can cause severe complications like skin ulcers and dangerous respiratory depression. As a non-binding resolution, it does not create new law but calls on the Department to address this public health concern through targeted outreach. The resolution specifically highlights xylazine's role in rising overdose deaths in New Jersey and surrounding states.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
General Assembly Passage
Dec 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Last action Dec 19, 2024
Floor votes · General Assembly Dec 19, 2024
How they voted
72–0
Passed · 8 other
Total votes 80
Dec 19, 2024
D
Democratic52
86% Yea
R
Republican28
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
2
Committee
1
Dec 19, 2024
Introduced
Filed with Secretary of State
lower
Dec 19, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (72-0-0)
lower
May 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
Jan 9, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health Committee
lower
3 primary · 5 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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