In the News
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Student Finalists in Statewide Drug Prevention Folder Artwork Contest Recognized at Award Ceremony
Posted 5/3/2017
SAYREVILLE, N.J. — More than 6,000 fourth grade students from across New Jersey participated in the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey’s Fourth Grade Folder contest, but just 30 earned their way to the award ceremony held May 3rd at the Middlesex County Fire Academy.
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buzzfeed.com: The Opioid Epidemic Is Actually Two Epidemics
Posted 4/29/2017
50-year-olds are dying from overdoses of prescription painkillers, while heroin is claiming more people in their 20s.
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pressofatlanticcity.com: Prescription drug collection Saturday to fight drug abuse
Posted 4/27/2017
Police departments around the nation will participate in the 13th Operation Take Back on Saturday, an effort to prevent prescription drug abuse and theft, a contributing factor in the heroin epidemic sweeping the state.
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[VIDEO] Governor Christie Lauds Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey’s Efforts to Combat Opioid Epidemic
Posted 4/26/2017
TOMS RIVER — Governor Chris Christie praised the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey (PDFNJ) for its leadership in the state and country in the fight against the opioid crisis, during a press conference on National Prescription Drug Take Back Day being held Saturday, April 29.
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app.com: Christie: Drug addiction should be treated like AIDS
Posted 4/26/2017
TOMS RIVER - Less than a month after taking on a new role leading a national commission battling the opioid epidemic, Gov. Chris Christie on Wednesday came to Toms River to tout one of the tools — started in New Jersey — for fighting drug abuse.
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washingtonpost.com: Teens tend to think marijuana use is no big deal, but they’re wrong.
Posted 4/21/2017
...marijuana use among teens, which had declined from the late 1990s through the mid-to-late 2000s, is on the rise again. This is a problem because, despite our culture’s increasingly casual attitudes toward pot, research suggests that marijuana use can damage the developing teen brain.
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comcastnewsmakers.com: [VIDEO] Town Hall Meetings about a Drug Free NJ with Angelo Valente
Posted 4/18/2017
Jill Horner speaks with Angelo Valente, Executive Director from the Partnership For a Drug-Free New Jersey, about Town Hall Meetings in NJ addressing the opioid epidemic.
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dailyrecord.com: Heroin scourge in focus for Morris Sheriff Gannon in first 100 days
Posted 4/17/2017
On June 4, Morris County Sheriff Gannon plans to open the Hope Wing at the Morris County correctional facility in Morris Township. A jail pod, or unit, with about 50 beds will be designated for eligible inmates who want to voluntarily use their time confined to start overcoming addiction.
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comcastnewsmakers.com: [VIDEO] Shout Down Drugs Music Competition
Posted 4/17/2017
Jill Horner speaks with Angelo Valente, Executive Director from the Partnership For a Drug-Free New Jersey, about the Shout Down Drugs Music Competition.
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Knock Out Opioid Abuse Town Hall Series Kicks Off in Atlantic County
Posted 4/11/2017
GALLOWAY — Atlantic County residents arrived at Stockton University on Monday to join the conversation on the opioid crisis facing the nation at the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey’s first Knock Out Opioid Abuse Town Hall.