The event, which was held at Integrity House – an substance abuse recovery home on South Street in Newark – took place less than an hour after Lt. Gov. Kim Guagdano announced her candidacy to succeed him as governor.
Christie made drug addiction a priority for his administration earlier this month, when he spent a large portion of his State of the State address talking about his plans to help curb the rising number of addictions stemming from opioid abuse. The executive order signed on Tuesday creates a task force that will be able to develop strategies to combat opioid abuse by working with various areas of state government, among other provisions.
