Jon Bon Jovi Overdose Protection Act
“I hope that Gov. Christie’s actions here will cause other states to stand up and to pay attention,” Bon Jovi said. “It will truly affect the lives of many across our state and also affect many of the families.”
Bon Jovi’s 19-year-old daughter, Stephanie Rose, was hospitalized after a reported drug overdose while at Hamilton College in New York last year. Under New York’s good Samaritan overdose-reporting law, she was shielded from prosecution.
“First to save a life and in return, the deal we’ll make with them is we won’t prosecute them,” Christie told reporters as he signed the law at a rehab facility in Paterson, NJ.
Christie said the law will also give victims the right to an antidote if they have one, without facing possible legal action.
“Saving the life first is the most important thing,” the governor said. “Drug abuse and addiction is a disease.”
