In the News

  • nj.com: A new worry for combat vets: Pain pill addiction

    Posted 8/8/2016

    The wars fought by this generation are different from the previous ones, and have left a different kind of disabled veteran: Lots of concussive brain injuries from homemade bombs, along with lots of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from unpredictable combat conditions. The combination has produced a new crop of veterans in chronic pain, while PTSD has lowered their thresholds for pain. The result is a group of people especially vulnerable to pain pill addiction, said David Shulkin, the undersecretary of health for the Department of Veterans Affairs.

  • Surgeon General Calls on Prescribers to Mobilize to Prevent Opioid Abuse

    Posted 8/8/2016

    LIVINGSTON -- U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, brought his Turn the Tide tour to New Jersey today, to discuss the current opiate abuse epidemic impacting the state, and discuss action steps physicians can take to stem the tide of the epidemic. The Surgeon General is currently on a national tour designed to educate and mobilize prescribers to take immediate action to end this epidemic.

  • Don’t Get Hooked on Drugs Contest Announced

    Posted 8/5/2016

    Online NJ Family Fishing Tournament--Over $600 in Cash Prizes!--August 21-August 30 **Go fishing with your family in NJ.** Every time you catch a fish, take a photo of it and enter to win.

  • PDFNJ to Host United States Surgeon General at Opioid Forum at St. Barnabas Medical Center

    Posted 7/21/2016

    With the leadership of New Jersey’s United States Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey is pleased to invite you to join us as we welcome United States Surgeon General Vivek Murthy to New Jersey for a Forum on Addiction and Healing on August 8, 2016. Joined by Under Secretary for Health at the Department of Veteran’s Affairs, and moderated by the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey, Surgeon General Murthy, Senators Menendez and Booker, will address New Jersey’s Heroin and Opioid Abuse Crisis at this forum.

  • Sunday, July 17th - Day of Awareness and Memorial

    Posted 7/13/2016

    This Sunday, July 17th, Abby Boxman and the Boxman Family will be holding a Day of Awareness and Memorial – an afternoon of educating the community about New Jersey's prescription drug/opioid epidemic. It will be held at the North Howell Little League on Oakerson Rd., and feature the New Jersey Shouts Down Drugs second place winner Michelle Greco among others.

  • PDFNJ Honored by the Mental Health Association in New Jersey

    Posted 7/12/2016

    Partnership for a Drug Free New Jersey’s representative, Chris Barton, accepts the Mental Health Association in New Jersey’s Spotlight on Excellence in Addiction Services Award from Carolyn Beauchamp, President and CEO of MHANJ, at the organizations recent annual Evening of Excellence Dinner.

  • philly.com - Latest tactic in opioid control: Take pain out of the mix in patient survey

    Posted 7/11/2016

    Doctors have long complained about patients demanding inappropriate treatment, especially addictive opioid painkillers. Many say they feel forced to comply for fear they will be rated poorly by patients on the internet or even more official surveys.

  • nj.com: Deaths from the drug that killed Prince are skyrocketing in N.J.

    Posted 6/20/2016

    Fentanyl, an opioid up to 50 times more powerful than heroin, is killing New Jersey residents at a skyrocketing rate, representing a deadly new wrinkle to the state's opioid crisis, data obtained by NJ Advance Media shows.

  • PDFNJ's Third Grade Contract for a Healthy Life Initiative Selects Two Random Winners

    Posted 6/20/2016

    Over 25,000 students received contracts from more than 1100 classrooms, while over 260 schools participated. Congratulations!

  • courierpostonline.com: NJ parents misunderstand opioid abuse, survey finds

    Posted 6/17/2016

    Nearly one in three parents of New Jersey middle school students do not believe there is a link between painkillers and the rising rates of heroin use in the state.