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  • NJ.com: Clergy reminded of role in aiding the fight against addiction

    Posted 12/11/2014

    NEWARK -- “You are the first-responders for families,” Fran Miceli told the 75 clergy, staff of religious institutions and law enforcement officials at the “Do No Harm” symposium in the Newark Museum last Thursday, December 4, 2014.

  • Religious Leaders Gather To Address NJ’s Opiate Abuse Epidemic

    Posted 12/4/2014

    NEWARK – Turning to a faith leader to help address substance abuse addiction in a loved one is often the first step for a family. PDFNJ coordinated a free training to provide resources and information to those Faith Based leaders. The Faith Based Do No Harm Symposium was held on December 4, 2014 at the Newark Museum. The symposium was sponsored by PDFNJ and DEA-New Jersey Division.

  • Dr. Shevendu Sen, Raritan Bay Medical Center and Tom Allen, Summit Behavioral Health recently appeared on Caucus-NJ

    Posted 12/3/2014

    Dr. Shevendu Sen, Raritan Bay Medical Center and Tom Allen, Summit Behavioral Health recently appeared on Caucus-NJ to discuss solutions to the epidemic of opiate abuse in New Jersey.

  • NJ.com - Freedom House to host 15th annual Distinguished Citizens award banquet

    Posted 12/2/2014

    Freedom House in Clinton will host the 15th Distinguished Citizens Award Banquet on Dec. 8 at Fiddler’s Elbow Country Club in Bedminster. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Family Save-A-Life Scholarship Program, which supplements every resident’s stay at Freedom House and The Family Afterward and provides a full scholarship for indigent clients.

  • TheSandPaper.net: Barnegat Police Providing 24/7 Medicine Drop Box

    Posted 11/24/2014

    To help PREVENT prescription medication abuse, Barnegat Township has joined the New Jersey Attorney General’s “Project Medicine Drop” initiative. A medicine drop box has been installed in the lobby of police headquarters at 900 West Bay Ave.

  • Religious Leaders Gather To Address NJ’s Opiate Abuse Epidemic

    Posted 11/21/2014

    NEWARK – Tuning to a faith leader to help address substance abuse addiction in a loved one is often the first step for a family, and the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey (PDFNJ) is coordinating a free training to provide resources and information to those Faith Based leaders.

  • NJ State Senator Vitale to Lead Kean University Roundtable on State's Heroin Epidemic

    Posted 11/14/2014

    TRENTON – Senator Joseph F. Vitale will lead a discussion with prosecutors and state advocates on Tuesday, November 18 as part of the Kean University Center for History, Politics and Policy Roundtable series. The roundtable will cover efforts to curb the state's growing heroin and opiate abuse epidemic.

  • NJ.com - New Greater Newark Holiday Fund chairman is an old hand at spearheading good causes

    Posted 11/9/2014

    Ralph LaRossa has deep ties to the city of Newark — and to social service. In addition to his work as president and chief operating officer of Newark-based Public Service Electric and Gas Co., LaRossa is on the board of trustees of Montclair State University and the Newark Alliance and sits on the board of directors for the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, the American Gas Association, New Jersey Utilities Association, Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey, Choose New Jersey and Bergen County’s United Way.

  • NJ.com: Mercer County deploys 600 heroin overdose antidote kits to police departments

    Posted 10/30/2014

    TRENTON -- Mercer County police departments were armed Thursday with 600 kits of the heroin overdose antidote naloxone – best known by the trade name Narcan.

  • Families Challenged to Tackle Prescription Drug Abuse Across US

    Posted 10/28/2014

    ORLANDO --- The American Medicine Chest Challenge (AMCC) --- a national public health initiative to raise awareness about the dangers of prescription drug abuse and encourage safe storage and disposal will be highlighted as a best practice at the 2014 International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference in Orlando this month.