In the News
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theobserver.com: Harrison HS legend Ray Lucas candidly shares of his addiction to pain killers
Posted 8/31/2022
Student athletes at Harrison High School received an education on the risks of prescription opioids from former NFL player Ray Lucas as part of the Knock Out Opioid Abuse initiative.
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PDFNJ Honors International Overdose Awareness Day by Encouraging Participation in Knock Out Opioid Abuse Day
Posted 8/31/2022
MILLBURN— The Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey (PDFNJ) recognizes International Overdose Awareness Day and remembers those lost to drug overdose, the majority of which involved an opioid. In honor of the day PDFNJ is encouraging all New Jersey residents to get involved and raise awareness about the dangers of opioids as part of this year’s Knock Out Opioid Abuse Day.
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Former NFL Quarterback Ray Lucas Shares Personal Story of Opioid Addiction & Recovery with Harrison High School Student Athletes
Posted 8/30/2022
HARRISON — Student athletes at Harrison High School received an education on the risks of prescription opioids from a familiar face, Harrison native and former NFL quarterback Ray Lucas.
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Gold Coast Life - Leonia Teen Claims Prize in Music Competition
Posted 6/7/2022
Andrew Cho, a Bergen County teen, won third place for an original song he wrote featuring substance use prevention messages for PDFNJ's Your Song! Your Voice! Shout Down Drugs New Jersey music competition.
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PDFNJ Recognizes Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey at the Angel of Hope Gala
Posted 5/20/2022
JERSEY CITY — The Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey (PDFNJ) honored Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey with the Angel of Hope Award for its leadership in addressing New Jersey’s opioid epidemic at the Angel of Hope Gala held May 18.
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pressofatlanticcity.com: Egg Harbor Township teen places second in statewide music contest on drug abuse
Posted 5/19/2022
Jamar Felder, a Atlantic County teen, won second place for an original song he wrote featuring substance use prevention messages for PDFNJ's Your Song! Your Voice! Shout Down Drugs New Jersey music competition.
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patch.com: Union Co. Teen Gets 1st Place For Substance Use Prevention Song
Posted 5/17/2022
Keyoni Lee, a Union County teen, won first place for an original song she wrote featuring substance use prevention messages for PDFNJ's Your Song! Your Voice! Shout Down Drugs New Jersey music competition.
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Union County Teen Takes Home First Place in PDFNJ’s Substance Use Prevention Music Competition
Posted 5/12/2022
Congratulations to Keyoni Lee of Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy. First place winner of the 2022 Your Song! Your Voice! Shout Down Drugs New Jersey music competition. Visit shoutdowndrugs.com and listen to Keyoni's winning song as well as the other great performances.
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Two Bergen County Students Win PDFNJ’s Statewide Fourth Grade Folder Contest
Posted 5/4/2022
Statewide Fourth Grade Folder Contest BERGENFIELD, NJ — Young people are using their artistic talents to encourage their peers to live a healthy substance-free lifestyle as part of the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey’s (PDFNJ) Design a Fourth Grade Folder contest. Nearly 3,000 fourth grade students from all 21 counties in New Jersey entered the contest, with two Bergen County students chosen as this year’s winners.
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northjersey.com: NJ getting $641M to fight the opioid epidemic. Why fentanyl is making it harder than ever
Posted 4/26/2022
While the Murphy administration examines how to spend $641 million from drug companies for their roles in the opioid epidemic, New Jersey faces a deadlier and more pervasive threat from fentanyl than it ever did from painkillers and heroin.