In the News
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huffingtonpost.com: Psychologists Identify Major Risks Associated With Teen Substance Abuse
Posted 4/25/2016
Although drug and alcohol abuse is on the decline among American teenagers, addiction issues are still common — and those issues often go hand in hand with dangerous behaviors, according to recent research.
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mycentraljersey.com: NJ First Lady Headlines ‘Community in Crisis’ Fundraiser
Posted 4/23/2016
BERNARDSVILLE - On Thursday evening, 150 concerned citizens, community stakeholders, government agencies, medical practitioners and representatives of religious institutions joined forces at the Bernards Inn to support a fundraiser for Community in Crisis, a 2-year-old coalition designed to address the epidemic of prescription pill, heroin and opiate use and addiction in the community.
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nj.com: N.J. First Lady, Prosecutor Join Fight Against Opioid Addiction
Posted 4/22/2016
BERNARDS — New Jersey First Lady Mary Pat Christie and Acting Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson have formed a partnership with Community in Crisis to combat the opioid epidemic that is plaguing the county and country.
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njtvonline.org: Opioid Addiction Forum Focuses on Prevention, Over Prescribing, Treatment
Posted 4/15/2016
These days, it’s not too hard to fill a room full of people when you tell them there’s an event to discuss opioid addiction. That’s because there are fewer and fewer lives that haven’t been touched by the epidemic.
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app.com: Heroin Forum at Monmouth University Friday
Posted 4/14/2016
A forum that focuses on heroin and opiate addiction and efforts to fight it will take place at Monmouth University Friday. Speakers will delve into legislative efforts against abuse, scientific advancements, the safer prescribing of opiates and patient notification, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, the epidemic's effect on social services and the use of the opiate overdose antidote naloxone.
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nj1015.com: As NJ’s Heroin Epidemic is Explored, a Look at Ocean’s Efforts to Get Addicts Helped
Posted 4/14/2016
Finding solutions to the opioid abuse epidemic takes center stage Friday at New Jersey’s first comprehensive forum on the issue, being held by The Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey. Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato, one of the featured keynote speakers who has been leading the battle against the spread of heroin addiction, said progress that has been made through the use of Naloxone, or Narcan, a nasal spray used to block the effects of opioids to save lives.
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patch.com/new-jersey/westfield: New 'Wave' Of Heroin Epidemic Hits New Jersey Suburbs
Posted 4/14/2016
A "second wave" of heroin abuse's effects has hit New Jersey, impacting young suburban users, according to a report.
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newjerseyhills.com: 'Community In Crisis' Fundraiser Planned in Bernardsville
Posted 4/13/2016
Elaine Pozycki, co-chair of PDFNJ, will be the keynote testimonial speaker Thursday evening, April 21, when the local Community in Crisis (CIC) organization holds its first major fund-raiser at the historic Bernards Inn in Bernardsville.
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NJ Hospital ER Leads Nation in Tackling Pain Pill Addiction
Posted 4/8/2016
If you show up at the emergency room of St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson, you'll have only a one-in-four chance of leaving there with a prescription for opioid pain pills.
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cbsnews.com- Fentanyl: What you need to know about the deadly opioid
Posted 4/8/2016
The powerful synthetic opiate fentanyl is making headlines, as California health officials recently attributed it to 42 overdoses and 10 deaths in the Sacramento area over just 12 days.