New legislation in New Jersey reduced opioid use among trauma patients.

Purpose: In New Jersey, politicians have emphasized the need to attenuate the ongoing opioid epidemic as opioid use disorder can lead to addiction and, in many cases, mortality. New legislation (New Jersey Senate Bill 3) was enacted in 2017 to reduce opioid prescription from 30 days to 5 days for acute pain in both inpatient and outpatient healthcare settings. Therefore, we sought to evaluate if the enactment of the bill influenced the consumption of opioid pain medication at an American College of Surgeons-verified Level I Trauma Center.