In the News
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app.com: New Jersey tries to end doctor-shopping for opioid prescriptions
Posted 9/2/2020
New Jersey is trying to end doctor-shopping for opioid prescriptions by streamlining prescribers' access to medical records, state officials said this week.
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PDFNJ Announces Second Annual Squash the Stigma Online Challenge for International Overdose Awareness Day
Posted 8/24/2020
MILLBURN—The Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey (PDFNJ) is once again launching an online water balloon challenge in an effort to squash the stigma associated with substance use disorder in advance of International Overdose Awareness Day on August 31.
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popsugar.com: The US Opioid Crisis Is Pulling Families Under at an Alarming Rate, and We Need to Take Action
Posted 8/3/2020
Twenty-six-year-old Briana Schroeder is a mom. She's self-assured with a measured voice. She's a former high school athlete, an animal-lover, and a recovering heroin addict.
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NJ Opioid Prevention Measure On Track To Become US Law
Posted 7/23/2020
MILLBURN – The United States House of Representatives is expected to consider a New Jersey-originated legislative initiative to help combat the nationwide opioid crisis.
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NJ Frontline Fighters Against Opioid Addiction to Hold Virtual Webinar to Share Challenges, Solutions for Providing Recovery Support Services during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Posted 7/20/2020
MILLBURN, NJ — The Knock Out Opioid Abuse Webinar Series will turn its focus to recovery from opioid addiction in its upcoming webinar, “Substance Use Disorder Recovery During COVID-19: Perspectives from the Front Lines,” being held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, July 23.
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burlingtoncountytimes.com: Is the COVID-19 pandemic fueling a 20% rise in NJ overdose deaths?
Posted 7/15/2020
Two months before the first reports in March of the coronavirus striking New Jersey, the Attorney General’s Office announced that drug overdose deaths in the state were down in 2019. The 3% year-over-year decline was the first decrease in fatal overdoses in five years.
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northjersey.com: As COVID-19 rages, we cannot forget our home-grown pandemic
Posted 7/15/2020
As we must continue to work on all fronts to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic, which has already taken more than 130,000 lives, we must redouble our efforts to curb our very own domestic pandemic, Opioid Use Disorder, which continues to take nearly 50,000 lives annually.
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South Plainfield Students Write Winning Script in the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey’s Middle School PSA Challenge
Posted 6/22/2020
MILLBURN, NJ — A group of three South Plainfield 6th grade students will film a television public service announcement this summer delivering important substance abuse messages as part of the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey’s (PDFNJ) annual statewide Middle School PSA Challenge.
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South Plainfield Students Write Winning Script in the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey’s Middle School PSA Challenge
Posted 6/18/2020
MILLBURN, NJ — A group of three South Plainfield middle school students will film a television public service announcement this summer delivering important substance abuse messages as part of the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey’s (PDFNJ) annual statewide Middle School PSA Challenge.
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nj.com: Overdose deaths jump in 2020, with nearly 10 people a day dying last month in N.J.
Posted 6/18/2020
Drug overdose deaths in New Jersey have leaped 20% this year amid a pandemic that advocates fear has exacerbated drug abuse and made it harder for those with addictions to secure treatment.