In the News
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NJ.com - Drug testing N.J. middle-school students cuts back on future use, study says
Posted 3/8/2013
Drug testing middle-school students makes them less likely to use drugs in the future,according to a 6-year studycarried out by Fairleigh Dickinson University/PublicMind & PDFNJ.
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Newsworks.org - Drug testing N.J. youth keeps them out of trouble, study says
Posted 3/8/2013
A six-year study finds that random drug testing of middle school students in New Jersey can help prevent substance abuse.
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Drugfree.Org - Drug Testing of Middle-School Students May Help Prevent Substance Abuse: Study
Posted 3/8/2013
Students who were randomly tested for drugs were less likely to use them in later years, according to the study, conducted by the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey and Fairleigh Dickinson University. The researchers found drug use by students in grades 6-8 is relatively rare, Newsworks reports.
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NJToday.net - Study: Random Drug Testing of Middle Schools Students Proves Effective In Preventing Substance Abuse
Posted 3/8/2013
For several years, some New Jersey middle schools have asked parents for permission to carry out random drug testing in the school. Now, the first longitudinal study measuring the effectiveness of these programs indicates these tests tend to reduce rates of drug abuse in later years.
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Finalists Announced for NJ Shouts Down Drugs Music Competition
Posted 3/1/2013
The Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey, today, released the finalist list for the 2013 New Jersey Shout Down Drugs Competition(NJSDD), its substance abuse prevention themed music and song writing competition for high school students.
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PDFNJ Seeking Scripts for Television PSA Contest
Posted 2/26/2013
The Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey is calling on New Jersey Middle School students to write, star and produce a television commercial with a substance abuse prevention message for their peers by entering the 14th Annual Middle School Public Service Announcement Challenge (MSPSA).
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Young People Across The World Vote In PDFNJ High School Drug Prevention Music Competition
Posted 2/21/2013
The NJSDD music competition is designed to allow high school teens throughout New Jersey to utilize their musical talents and writing ability to create original pieces that instill drug prevention messages to their peers and the New Jersey community.
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15 Minute Child Break presentation in Atlantic City seeks to educate parents about drugs
Posted 2/20/2013
The 15 Minute Child Break presentation by the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey educates parents and others raising children on how to talk about alcohol, drug and tobacco use.
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Statement of PDFNJ Supporting Revisions to the Parental Consent Law for Surveying of Students
Posted 2/12/2013
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Ex. Dir. Angelo Valente Contributes to NJ. Dept. of Education's Newsletter
Posted 1/15/2013
Alcohol use by our children is a significant problem in our state and across the country. As a father of three and the Executive Director of the Partnership for a Drug–Free New Jersey, (PDFNJ) for the past eighteen years, it is startling to realize that 46 percent of New Jersey children in the seventh and eighth grades have experimented with alcohol.