In the News
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PDFNJ, Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto, along with Actavis, unveil an AMCC Rx Drop Box in Secaucus
Posted 4/7/2014
The Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey, in conjunction with Actavis, unveiled a Americvan Medicine Chest Rx Drop Box in Secaucus. The box is located in the lobby of the Secaucus Police Department at 1203 Patterson Plank Road.
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NJ.com - N.J. heroin crisis: Christie discusses new tool in battle against overdoses
Posted 4/3/2014
BRICK — Police officers and first responders in Ocean and Monmouth counties will begin carrying naloxone, a drug that can counter the effects of an opiate overdose, Gov. Chris Christie said today as New Jersey continues its years-long battle against a heroin and prescription pill epidemic that has resulted in hundreds of deaths.
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NYTimes.com - F.D.A. Approves Portable Drug Overdose Treatment
Posted 4/3/2014
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved an emergency drug overdose treatment for use in homes and other community settings outside hospitals. Federal regulators said that the treatment, an injector filled with a medication that reverses the effects of an overdose, can fit in a pocket or medicine cabinet, and could help stem the rising number of drug overdoses.
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AMCC Provides Middlesex Co Residents an Opportunity to Safely Dispose of their Unneeded Rx
Posted 3/31/2014
MIDDLESEX COUNTY --- Middlesex County residents will have more opportunities to safeguard their homes from prescription drug abuse at a permanent American Medicine Chest Challenge (AMCC) disposal box.
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NJ.com: 21 arrested as feds bust heroin ring in Ocean and Monmouth counties
Posted 3/27/2014
TRENTON — 21 people were charged in a drug-trafficking sting, federal authorities announced today. The ring was allegedly responsible for distributing heroin and cocaine throughout Monmouth and Ocean counties, said Paul Fishman, the U.S. Atty for NJ.
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NJ.com: Christie allows EMTs to provide heroin antidote to prevent overdoses
Posted 3/21/2014
TRENTON — Emergency medical technicians will be able to administer life-saving medication that can reverse the effects of a heroin overdose, which has become a growing problem in New Jersey, the Christie administration announced today.
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philadelphia.cbslocal.com: Drop Off Boxes Offer A Secure And Anonymous Way To Fight Drug Abuse
Posted 3/12/2014
Over the last six months the partnership for a drug free New Jersey has been installing permanent drop off boxes for prescription drugs.
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nj.com: Camden County heroin overdoses reported in Gloucester City, Berlin, Stratford
Posted 3/12/2014
CAMDEN — Police are investigating a single-day rash of heroin overdoses in the city. Authorities confirmed seven overdoses in Camden alone, all of which occurred on Tuesday. None were fatal there, but investigators are seeking the source of the heroin.
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news12.com: Attorney General Eric Holder issues anti-heroin video message
Posted 3/11/2014
Angelo Valente, Ex. Dir. of PDFNJ, says New Jersey has been focused on the issue for years and warns heroin has reached what he calls epidemic levels in the state. He says the problem exists in all communities, not just urban areas.
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WashingtonPost.com: Holder calls deaths from heroin overdoses an ‘urgent and growing public health crisis’
Posted 3/10/2014
The Obama administration called attention on Monday to the nationwide surge in heroin abuse, with Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. saying a spike in overdoses from the deadly drug constitutes “an urgent and growing public health crisis.”