In the News
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PDFNJ Honored at Jersey Awards Dinner by NJ Ad Club for Before They Prescribe-You Decide Campaign
Posted 6/9/2016
Executive Director Angelo M. Valente proudly holds the 1st place award given to PDFNJ for their Before They Prescribe-You Decide Campaign at the NJ Ad Club Jersey Awards Dinner June 9, 2016.
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washingtonpost.com: I’m a stay-at-home mom. I’m an addict.
Posted 6/6/2016
Since his death, there have been countless articles speculating why a man as rich and famous as Prince would “allow” himself to become addicted to painkillers. But no one plans on becoming an addict. I know this because I, an educated stay-at-home mom, am an addict.
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dailyrecord.com: Morris County school news and notes
Posted 6/6/2016
Shepard Prep student Ricky Persaud Jr. and his song “Don’t Do It” took third place in the 12th Annual Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey’s Shout Down Drugs Prevention Concert.
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nbcnews.com: How a Heroin Crisis Sparked a Police Revolution
Posted 6/5/2016
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bigstory.ap.org: 'Deaths of despair' drag life expectancy lower for whites
Posted 6/3/2016
NEW YORK (AP) — Rising drug and alcohol overdoses, suicides, and disease from chronic alcoholism — labeled "deaths of despair" by one expert — are cutting the lives of white Americans short by nearly a half a year on average.
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nytimes.com: Prince Died From Accidental Overdose of Opioid Painkiller
Posted 6/2/2016
Prince, the music icon who struggled with debilitating hip pain during his career, died from an accidental overdose of self-administered fentanyl, a type of synthetic opiate, officials in Minnesota said Thursday.
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cbsnews.com: DEA targets drug wholesalers to stem opioid epidemic
Posted 6/2/2016
During the last 10 years, the DEA has brought 12 civil suits against drug wholesalers for breaking that law. McKesson, the nation's largest drug distributor, is at the top of that list. The DEA, along with six states, sued McKesson in 2008 for supplying hundreds of suspicious hydrocodone orders to rogue pharmacies. McKesson settled, paying more than $13 million in fines and agreeing to closely monitor their pill supply.
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nj1015.com - How we warn our kids about drugs is changing in NJ
Posted 6/1/2016
Not too long ago the only way kids were given mass warnings about the dangers of experimenting with drugs was through radio and TV spots or print ads in magazines.
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consumerist.com: In Denial About America’s Opioid Painkiller Problem? This Map Might Change Your Mind
Posted 5/31/2016
If you think the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is being alarmist by urging primary care physicians to stop prescribing so many opioid painkillers, or that the fact that 10% of doctors are writing more than 50% of the prescriptions for opioids is not a concrete indicator of a problem, then perhaps this map of overdose deaths in the U.S. will help to drive the point home.
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nj.com: County Prep trio wins N.J. 'Shout Down Drugs' music competition
Posted 5/31/2016
A trio of teens from County Prep High School in Jersey City won themselves a music contract with the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey at the organization's drug abuse prevention music competition.