NJ gov signs overdose law, Bon Jovi applauds it
AP
FILE - Musician Jon Bon Jovi performs at a campaign event for President Barack Obama at the Waldorf Astoria, in this June 4, 2012 file photo taken in New York. Bon Jovi is slated to be on hand when Gov. Chris Christie signs New Jersey's drug overdose prevention bill into law Thursday May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
FILE - Musician Jon Bon Jovi performs at a campaign event for President Barack Obama at the Waldorf Astoria, in this June 4, 2012 file photo taken in New York. Bon Jovi is slated to be on hand when Gov. Chris Christie signs New Jersey's drug overdose prevention bill into law Thursday May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signs into law a good Samaritan bill intended to assure that a fear of prosecution doesn't get in the way of medical help for overdose victims, Thursday, May 2, 2013, in Paterson, N.J. The New Jersey law will shield from prosecution both overdose victims and those seeking medical help for them if they act in good faith. Bon Jovi's daughter suffered an apparent drug overdose on heroin in a dorm at Hamilton College in upstate New York last year. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, left, sits with singer Jon Bon Jovi, second from left, while visiting patients at the Turning Point drug rehab program at Barnert Medical Arts Complex, Thursday, May 2, 2013, in Paterson, N.J. During the visit, Christie signed into law a good Samaritan bill intended to assure that a fear of prosecution doesn't get in the way of medical help for overdose victims. The New Jersey law will shield from prosecution both overdose victims and those seeking medical help for them if they act in good faith. Bon Jovi's daughter suffered an apparent drug overdose on heroin in a dorm at Hamilton College in upstate New York last year. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, second from right, talks about the signing of a good Samaritan bill intended to assure that a fear of prosecution doesn't get in the way of medical help for overdose victims as singer Jon Bon Jovi, front left, listens, Thursday, May 2, 2013, in Paterson, N.J. The New Jersey law will shield from prosecution both overdose victims and those seeking medical help for them if they act in good faith. Bon Jovi's daughter suffered an apparent drug overdose on heroin in a dorm at Hamilton College in upstate New York last year. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
PATERSON, N.J. (AP) ? New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was joined by Jon Bon Jovi as he signed into law a bill intended to help prevent drug overdose deaths.
The Republican governor held the bill-signing ceremony Thursday at a drug rehabilitation center in the northern New Jersey city of Paterson.
The new state law shields from prosecution overdose victims and others who might be in violation of the law when seeking medical help for them.
Bon Jovi has a daughter in college who apparently overdosed on heroin last year in New York state. Charges against her and another student were dropped under that state's own good Samaritan overdose-reporting law.
Bon Jovi praised Christie and the Legislature for New Jersey's new law. The rocker says he expects it to save lives.
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