After New Jersey Governor today signed a law banning the sale of all flavored vaping products, Dr. Indra Cidambi – NJ-based addiction psychiatrist and medical director at the Center for Network Therapy – released the following statement.

“While banning flavored vape products may seem like a step in the right direction, today’s decision is ultimately short-sighted. We must – and we can – do more than that. Users will now likely turn to street knock-offs instead, which does not address the root of the problem. In fact, consuming knock-offs may actually backfire and expose our young people to even more contaminants – or, worse yet, lead them to more dangerous substances like methamphetamine.”

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About Dr. Cidambi

Indra Cidambi, M.D., is a recognized leader in addiction treatment and medical director at the Center for Network Therapy. A board-certified psychiatrist, Dr. Cidambi completed her residency at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn and earned a fellowship in addiction medicine from NYU/Bellevue. In 2010, Dr. Cidambi started her own substance abuse treatment facility and introduced ambulatory (outpatient) detoxification for treating withdrawal.

About Center for Network Therapy (CNT)

CNT is New Jersey’s first licensed facility to offer ambulatory (outpatient) detoxification and withdrawal management for alcohol, anesthetics, benzodiazepines, and opiates. Dr. Cidambi and her team have successfully detoxed more than 1,500 patients. www.recoverycnt.com