In the News
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Student Finalists in Statewide Drug Prevention Folder Contest Announced
Posted 4/30/2015
(NEWARK, NJ) – Over 8,000 fourth grade students from across New Jersey participated in the fifteenth annual Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey Design a Fourth Grade Folder Contest.
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nj.com: To reduce prescription drug abuse, start with the doctors | Editorial
Posted 4/30/2015
Here's a tragic reality that addicts know too well: The portal to heroin addiction is usually the family medicine cabinet. That's where you usually find bottles of oxycodone, Percocet, and other prescription medications – opioids with highly addictive qualities – and that is how 81 percent of addictions begin.
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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.