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  • app.com - Bill: Make doctors prescribing opioids talk to parents about addiction

    Posted 11/18/2015

    Advocates underscoring the dangers of opioids and heroin are pushing for the adoption of a bill in the state Assembly that would require doctors and others prescribing opioids to minors to warn parents about the dangers of addiction. The bill, A4760 sponsored by Assemblyman Joseph Lagana, D-Bergen, was introduced Monday and referred to the Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee. It also would require prescribers to advise the parents of any alternatives to opioids.

  • newjerseyhills.com: EDITORIAL: Take the 'American Medicine Chest Challenge'

    Posted 11/5/2015

    According to PDFNJ, prescription drug abuse is a serious problem in our country. The 2007 National Study of Drug Use and Health found that 70 percent of people who abuse prescription pain relievers indicated they got them from friends or relatives, and the National Institute of Drug Abuse reports that upwards of 9 million people use prescription medication for non-medical uses.

  • nj1015.com: The financial cost of drug abuse

    Posted 11/2/2015

  • AMCC Launches 6th Annual Initiative to Raise Awareness about Rx Abuse and Safe Medicine Disposal at IACP Conference

    Posted 10/28/2015

    CHICAGO – The American Medicine Chest Challenge (AMCC) launched its 2015 initiative to raise awareness of Rx Abuse and of the need to safely dispose of unused, unwanted, and expired medicine, at the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) conference in Chicago. President Barak Obama addressed the 122nd Annual IACP Conference, which the American Medicine Chest Challenge participated in.

  • FACT SHEET: Obama Administration Announces Public and Private Sector Efforts to Address Prescription Drug Abuse and Heroin Use

    Posted 10/21/2015

    Prescription drug abuse and heroin use have taken a heartbreaking toll on too many Americans and their families, while straining law enforcement and treatment programs. Today, the President will travel to West Virginia to hear directly from individuals and families affected by this epidemic and the health care professionals, law enforcement officers, and community leaders working to prevent addiction and respond to its aftermath.

  • Families Challenged to Tackle Prescription Drug Abuse in New Jersey

    Posted 10/13/2015

    MILLBURN --- On November 14, 2015 the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey’s (PDFNJ) 6th Annual American Medicine Chest Challenge-New Jersey (AMCCNJ) --- a public health initiative to raise awareness about the dangers of prescription drug abuse and encourage safe disposal will be held in communities throughout the state.

  • NJ Teens Invited to Shout Down Drugs in Statewide Music and Songwriting Competition

    Posted 10/13/2015

    The Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey’s (PDFNJ) Shout Down Drugs music competition is a substance abuse prevention music and song writing contest looking for talented high school students to create and perform original peer-to-peer substance abuse prevention songs. The contest is open to all New Jersey high school students.

  • whitehouse.gov: Weekly Address: Dispose of Your Expired and Unwanted Prescription Drugs

    Posted 9/26/2015

    Summary: The President speaks about the importance of preventing and treating substance use disorders on “National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day.

  • PDFNJ Online Fishing Tournament Encouraged Hundreds of NJ Families to Spend Quality Time Together

    Posted 9/24/2015

    MILLBURN, NJ – Hundreds of New Jersey families spent time together fishing in state rivers, lakes, bays and the Atlantic Ocean along the shore as part of an effort to motivate families to spend time with their children to prevent substance abuse.

  • NJBIA Webinar on Drugs Don’t Work in NJ!

    Posted 9/22/2015

    Trenton: Angelo. M Valente, Executive Director of the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey, and Stephen Trimboli, Esq., of Trimboli & Prusinowski, L.L.C., present a Drug’s Don’t Work in NJ! webinar for members of the New Jersey Business and Industry Association (NJBIA) on Legal Issues of Creating and Maintaining a Drug-Free Workplace Environment.