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snjtoday.com - 'Knock Out Opioid Abuse' Town Hall Series Visits Cherry Hill
Posted 10/3/2017
The Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey is traveling the Garden State to "Knock Out Opioid Abuse" with a town hall series. On Tuesday, October 3rd, dozens of people gathered to talk about what can be done to end the opioid epidemic at the series' Camden County stop.
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bioportfolio.com: Emergency Physicians Tell the Public,''Get Rid of Your Stash'' of Unwanted Meds on November 12th
Posted 10/1/2017
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American College of Emergency Physicians, a national sponsor of the American Medicine Chest Challenge, is educating the public about safe disposal of expired, unused and unwanted medications in order to reduce the likelihood of drug abuse or accidental overdose. A recent study reports that prescription drugs were involved in more than 20,000 overdose deaths in 2008, more than half of the total 36,450 overdose deaths that year.
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capemaycountyherald.com: ‘Knock Out Opioid Abuse’ Day To Be Held Oct. 6
Posted 10/1/2017
WILDWOOD -- On Fri., Oct. 6, The Cape May County Healthy Community Coalition, a community initiative of Cape Assist, will join thousands of prevention and treatment professionals, students and concerned residents to raise awareness about the opioid epidemic impacting our state on the second annual Knock Out Opioid Abuse Day.
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nj.com: 7 takeaways from a town hall on opioid abuse prevention
Posted 10/1/2017
WASHINGTON TWP. – People in recovery, recovery coaches and addiction experts gathered Wednesday for one of several town hall meeting on opioid abuse being held across the state this year.
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Partnership for Drug-Free Kids Releases 2016 Annual Report
Posted 10/1/2017
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Warren County Experts, Residents Unite to Address Opioid Epidemic at Knock Out Opioid Abuse Town Hall
Posted 9/29/2017
WASHINGTON, N.J. — As New Jersey and the nation grapple with an opioid and heroin addiction crisis, more than 100 residents of Warren County joined the conversation on the public health issue at the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey’s Knock Out Opioid Abuse Town Hall at Warren County Community College on Friday.
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Knock Out Opioid Abuse Town Hall Brings Opioid Discussion to Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem Counties
Posted 9/28/2017
SEWELL — Residents of Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem counties gathered at Rowan College at Gloucester County to join the conversation on the opioid epidemic ravaging families and communities throughout the state at Wednesday night’s Knock Out Opioid Abuse Town Hall held by the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey (PDFNJ).
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nj.com: All 1,901 people killed by opioids in N.J. last year, mapped
Posted 9/27/2017
At least 1,901 people died from opioid overdoses in New Jersey last year, well over twice the number of people from the state who died in the attacks on Sept. 11.
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tapinto.net: Stop Opioid Abuse Program (SOAP) Unveiled for Student Athletes
Posted 9/27/2017
Focusing on the opioid abuse epidemic now raging throughout the U.S., Garden State Pharmacy Owners (GSPO) has established a program to provide relevant, potentially life-saving information to New Jersey’s nearly 300,000 high school student-athletes. The GSPO Stop Opioid Abuse Program – which will be known by its acronym, SOAP – will regularly share student-focused materials with public, private, and parochial high schools across New Jersey.
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njherald.com: Opioid crisis unites public, professionals at town hall
Posted 9/25/2017
ANDOVER TOWNSHIP -- The opioid epidemic is very real and very much in our own backyards. So what is being done about it?