In the News
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wbgo.org: Advocates Push for Action on Bill to Prevent Addiction
Posted 12/4/2015
Drug-control advocates want New Jersey lawmakers to move on a bill requiring doctors to discuss the risks of addiction before prescribing an opiate-based painkiller to anyone under 18.
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NJ Families and National Experts Call on Assembly Health Committee Chairman Herb Conaway to Act Now to Give Parents the Information Needed to Prevent Addiction
Posted 12/3/2015
Trenton, NJ: Today, New Jersey families impacted by opiate addiction and experts in the field spoke at a statehouse media conference organized by Prevent Opiate Abuse. The group called on Assembly Health Committee Chairman Herb Conaway (D-7) to put bill A-4760, the Parent Notification Act, on the agenda for the scheduled December 10 committee hearing. They also called for a speedy up or down vote for the bill on the Assembly floor.
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nbcnewyork.com- I-Team: Deadly K2 Drug Hits Local Teens Hard
Posted 12/2/2015
Some may call it synthetic marijuana, but this new chemical concoction sweeping the nation is more potent than the drug it is named for, often causing hallucinations, rapid heartbeats and seizures. It can also be deadly.
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nj1015.com: Teens and drugs: NJ ranks among highest in fatal overdoses
Posted 12/1/2015
The Trust for America’s Health lists New Jersey as a disturbing sixth-highest in the nation when it comes to fatal youth drug overdoses. The report, called “Reducing Teen Substance Misuse: What Really works,” indicates that overdose rates the Garden State were highest among young males.
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patch.com: Monmouth County Towns With the Most Heroin
Posted 12/1/2015
Ocean County leads the state with the most admissions for heroin treatment in 2014, followed by Essex County. Unfortunately, Monmouth County was right behind, ranking third in the state for people needing heroin treatment, according to data from the state Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services.
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PREVENT OPIATE ABUSE URGES ADOPTION OF LEGISLATION REQUIRING PRESCRIBERS TO WARN PARENTS OF ADDICTION RISKS BEFORE PRESCRIBING OPIATES
Posted 11/25/2015
Prevent Opiate Abuse today urged the speedy adoption of the Parent Notification Bill (A4760) introduced this week by Assemblyman Joseph A. Lagana (D-38).
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courierpostonline.com: COMMENTARY: Legal marijuana not the answer
Posted 11/25/2015
The lessons being learned in Colorado make it clear that legalizing marijuana is a dangerous proposal that will negatively affect the health and wellness of New Jersey residents. Legalization of medical and recreational marijuana has caused youth to develop low perceptions of risk towards marijuana use.
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njtoday.net: Shout Down Drugs competition looking for talented high school students
Posted 11/23/2015
The Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey’s (PDFNJ) Shout Down Drugs is sponsoring a competition featuring substance abuse prevention music and song writing in a contest looking for talented high school students to create and perform original peer-to-peer substance abuse prevention songs.
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latimes.com: Macklemore Debuts New Song at AMAs With Opiate Prevention-based Lyrics
Posted 11/23/2015
"...as Macklemore and Ryan Lewis showed with the timely same-sex marriage-supporting anthem "Same Love," the duo carried in its lyrics a vein of social consciousness, and that's the well they drew from with the new song "Kevin," which presumably comes from a still-untitled follow-up album..."
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NYTimes.com: Heroin, Survivor of War on Drugs, Returns With New Face
Posted 11/22/2015
Nearly 44,000 Americans a year — 120 a day — now die of drug overdoses. Neither traffic accidents nor gun violence, each claiming 30,000-plus lives a year, causes so much ruination. The annual drug toll is six times the total of American deaths in all wars since Vietnam.