In the News
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dailyrecord.com: McGreevey speaks about drug epidemic in N.J. jails
Posted 4/30/2015
MORRISTOWN – Doctors, law enforcement, and former New Jersey Governor James McGreevey gathered at the Morris County Correctional Facility Thursday morning to discuss the growing epidemic of opiate abuse within the state's prison system.
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phillyvoice.com: In suburbs, families of heroin addicts live in fear – every day
Posted 4/29/2015
It’s been more than a year, but the memory of the night Cathy Messina returned home to find two of her sons overdosing on heroin remains a fresh wound.
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VIDEO: PDFNJ Ex. Dir. Angelo Valente on NJTV Discussing the Misuse of Adderall
Posted 4/29/2015
VIDEO: Sixty percent of respondents to a Partnership for Drug-Free Kids survey reported misusing Adderall. Many use it to help them study or manage busy schedules.
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NJ Leaders Encourage Residents to Spring Clean Their Medicine Cabinet in the First NJ Rx Drug Spring Cleaning Initiative
Posted 4/24/2015
WEST NEW YORK --- NJ leaders want families across the state to get cleaning this Sat., and participate in the first ever Rx Drug Spring Cleaning: Spring Clean Your Medicine Cabinet event. This public health initiative is designed to raise awareness about the dangers of prescription drug abuse, the need to safely dispose of unused, unwanted, and expired medicine, and the over 150 locations across the state that are equipped to accept disposed medicine.
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hudsoncountyview.com: Project Medicine Drop comes to WNY in hopes of helping curb drug addiction
Posted 4/24/2015
Various statewide and West New York officials gathered at 5800 Jefferson St. Friday morning to inform seniors that Project Medicine Drop – a statewide initiative to curb prescription drug addiction – is being held in the town tomorrow.
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Essex Co. Teens Win PDFNJ’s Statewide Drug Prevention Music Competition
Posted 4/18/2015
NEWARK, NJ –Josiah Valerius, Millie Diaz, Carlos Duran, Hennesis Encarnacion and Janisse Lantigua members of the band Dominant Collective were named the first place winner for their song “The Drug PSA”, in the 11th Annual PDFNJ’s Shout Down Drugs Prevention Concert. The statewide champions are students at Arts High School in Newark, Essex County.
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nj1015.com: Dangerous ‘insanity drug’ showing up in New Jersey
Posted 4/17/2015
Flakka has been dubbed “the insanity drug” because some users exhibit bizarre and violent behavior, like impaling themselves on fences, running naked in the streets to escape from demons and attacking people at random.
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courierpostonline.com: Camden County teen competes in music competition
Posted 4/16/2015
CAMDEN – Destiny Truitt, a sophomore at Camden's Woodrow Wilson High School, is a finalist in the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey (PDFNJ) Shout Down Drugs competition.
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steveadubato.org: [VIDEO] Are Physicians Keeping Life-Threatening Information from Patients?
Posted 4/13/2015
Dr Shuvendu Sen, Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency, Raritan Bay Medical Center agrees there needs to be laws in place in the state of NJ so that physicians are required to reveal the adverse effects and possibility of addiction of prescription opiate medication to their patients.
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Acting AG, Installation Commander Unveil “Project Medicine Drop” Box at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ’s First at a Military Installation
Posted 4/1/2015
JOINT BASE McGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST – Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman today joined with Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Commander Col. James C. Hodges to announce the installation of New Jersey’s “Project Medicine Drop” box at the Joint Base, the first Project Medicine Drop box to be installed at one of New Jersey’s military installations.