Designates October of each year as "Opioid Abuse Prevention Month."

SJR 83 designates October of each year as "Opioid Abuse Prevention Month" in New Jersey. The bill requires the Governor to issue an annual proclamation encouraging public officials and residents to observe the month through education and community activities focused on opioid abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery support. It does not create new laws or funding but aims to raise awareness about the opioid crisis, which the bill references through statistics on overdose deaths, rising treatment admissions (tripling from 2006-2011), and links to heroin use and HIV transmission. This is a symbolic resolution, not a policy with direct regulatory effects.