In the News
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2011 Winners of Listen-Up Parents to the Danger of Underage Drinking Radio PSA
Posted 6/28/2011
2011 Winner - Borough School in Morris Plains, Morris County
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CALI, Colombia: GM marijuana problem growing in Colombia
Posted 6/24/2011
Greenhouses lined with genetically modified marijuana sit on a mountainside just an hour ride from Cali, Colombia, where farmers say the enhanced plants are more powerful and profitable.
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Prescription painkillers offer a gateway to cheaper narcotics, gangsters tell SCI
Posted 6/16/2011
The tide of illegal narcotics use in New Jersey is shifting, with heroin currently the No. 1 drug in Monmouth County, according to a veteran investigator with the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office.
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Hunterdon Democrat - Close the loophole on teen drinking
Posted 6/15/2011
West Amwell and Clinton townships have ordinances giving police the right, in the presence of “reasonable and articulable suspicion,” to charge minors on private property with underage drinking.
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NYTimes.com - An Addiction Expert Faces a Formidable Foe - Prescription Drugs...
Posted 6/14/2011
Addiction is all about the dopamine. The pleasure, pain and devilish problem of control are simply the detritus left by waves of this little molecule surging and retreating deep in the brain.
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Franklin Township officials to discuss underage drinking ban
Posted 6/9/2011
The Township Committee will discuss at its meeting tonight an ordinance that would regulate the possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages by minors on private property.
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Hunterdon County prosecutor urges underage drinking bans on private property
Posted 6/8/2011
There are 26 municipalities in Hunterdon, but only two of them have ordinances forbidding those under the age of 21 from consuming alcohol on private property.
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Christie Names Hulick Ex. Dir. of the Governor’s Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
Posted 6/3/2011
Yesterday, Governor Chris Christie nominated John Hulick of Hamilton (Mercer) to serve as Executive Director of the Governor’s Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse.
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Binge drinking, prescription drug abuse focus of free program
Posted 6/1/2011
RARITAN TWP. — A free program on binge drinking, prescription drug abuse and getting help for a friend who has imbibed and needs medical help
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Prescription drugs worth millions to dealers
Posted 6/1/2011
Prescription drug abuse, now the fastest-growing drug problem in the country, has created a ballooning street market for highly-addictive pain relief, anxiety and depression drugs.