In the News
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paramuspost.com: The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey approves $946,500 in 30 grants to support community organizations
Posted 9/27/2016
(Newark, NJ, September 19, 2016) – The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey recently awarded 30 grants, totaling $946,500, to community-based organizations that are working to improve the health and the quality of life of residents throughout the state.
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app.com: Volunteers to make house calls to doctors about opioids
Posted 9/27/2016
Volunteers working to lower the death toll from the heroin epidemic will pay doctors a visit Oct. 6, delivering a message about what federal authorities believe is the best way to attack the crisis.
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dea.gov: DEA Issues Carfentanil Warning to Police and Public
Posted 9/26/2016
Dangerous opioid 10,000 times more potent than morphine and 100 times more potent than fentanyl
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USAToday.com: Don’t give your children codeine, American Academy of Pediatrics says
Posted 9/22/2016
A common painkiller has deadly effects on some children, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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centraljersey.com: EAST WINDSOR: Medicine Drop Box has new permanent location
Posted 9/22/2016
EAST WINDSOR – If you have ever been cleaning out the medicine cabinet and come across an old prescription that wasn’t quite finished, you may be wondering what to do with it.
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app.com - Fentanyl killing more in Ocean County
Posted 9/22/2016
The tide of heroin deaths continues to rise in Ocean County, but a deadlier threat is quickly gaining ground. Fentanyl is being identified in more fatal drug overdoses and authorities fear those deaths are far from peaking.
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Clergy become first responders in Opiate Abuse Epidemic
Posted 9/21/2016
Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey welcomed attendees to the Faith based Do No Harm Symposium held at the First Presbyterian Church of Woodbridge. The Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey’s Do No Harm Symposium was geared for faith-based leaders who want to learn more about the opiate epidemic and how they can help prevent the spread and help support families of the addicted.
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patch.com/new-jersey/tomsriver: 120 Heroin OD Deaths In 2016 In Ocean County And Toll Will Rise Further, Prosecutor Says
Posted 9/17/2016
As the heroin epidemic continues to spiral out of control, Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph Coronato has a message for everyone: "It's important that people understand you don't wake up one morning and start doing heroin," Coronato said Friday morning. "It starts with prescription pills. It starts in the medicine cabinet."
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englewood.dailyvoice.com: Englewood Municipal Alliance Joins Initiative To 'Knock Out' Opiate Abuse
Posted 9/16/2016
ENGLEWOOD, N.J.– Englewood's Municipal Alliance and city officials are participating in the Partnership for a Drug Free N.J.'s Knock Out Opiate Abuse Day.
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nj1015.com - Getting focused, getting high: NJ sees spike in abuse of this type of drug
Posted 9/14/2016
Amid an opioid and heroin epidemic, doctors and drug experts in the state are concerned about a new trend involving the abuse of stimulant medication used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.