In the News
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nj.com: Free Networking Seminar On March 23 Focuses On Creating and Maintaining a Drug-Free Workplace
Posted 2/22/2016
Creating and maintaining a drug-free workplace is not always an easy task for business owners, managers and human resource professionals. On Wednesday, March 23, a free networking seminar will take place which focuses on this very topic. Legal Issues of Creating and Maintaining a Drug-Free Workplace Environment will be held at the Hunterdon County Complex, Assembly Room, Building No. 1, 314 State Route 12, Flemington.
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njspotlight.com: Op-Ed: Super Bowl Ad Sends Wrong Message About Prescribing Opioids
Posted 2/17/2016
With opioid overdoses the chief cause of accidental death in New Jersey, the media can’t make these drugs an acceptable part of life
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newjerseyhills.com: Middle school students: Take Drug-Free New Jersey PSA Challenge
Posted 2/17/2016
Middle school students throughout New Jersey are being encouraged to take part in the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey’s annual Middle School Public Service Announcement Challenge.
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Online Voting for NJ Shout Down Drugs Begins Today
Posted 2/12/2016
Millburn, NJ – The Garden State is jam-packed with teenage musical talent and many of them are using their music to get a message out to their peers about the dangers of substance abuse. High School students from across the state have entered The Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey’s (PDFNJ) Shout Down Drugs competition. This initiative challenges young people from across the state to create original music with lyrics that contain powerful peer-to-peer drug prevention messages.
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gloucestercitynews.net: Online Voting for NJ Shout Down Drugs Begins Today
Posted 2/12/2016
Millburn, NJ – The Garden State is jam-packed with teenage musical talent and many of them are using their music to get a message out to their peers about the dangers of substance abuse.
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nj1015.com: Drug overdoses now kill twice as many NJ residents as car crashes
Posted 2/8/2016
As Jersey’s ongoing heroin and prescription drug epidemic continues, drug overdoses have become the leading cause of accidental death in the Garden state. The state Medical Examiner’s Office reports in 2014 there were 1,305 drug-related deaths, and New Jersey State Police data indicates there were 556 fatalities on Garden state roads.
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njtvonline.org: PDFNJ Ex. Dir Angelo M. Valente Testifies Before NJ Senate Committee About NJ’s Opioid Abuse Epidemic
Posted 2/4/2016
The Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey says it holds meetings for doctors called Do No Harm. “What’s amazing is 90 percent of the physicians who attended these symposiums — doctors and dentists — 90 percent of them said they plan to change their prescribing habits,” said Executive Director Angelo Valente.
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drugabuse.gov: Factors Predicting the Transition from Prescription Opioids to Heroin
Posted 2/3/2016
Prescription opioid misuse remains one of America’s biggest drug problems. In recent years the numbers of people misusing prescription pain relievers has leveled off, however, the number of people dying from overdoses continues to rise, and a new epidemic of heroin use has emerged as many people misusing prescription opioids transition to their cheaper, often easier-to-obtain street relative.
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nj.com: Inside the N.J. town with a heroin death-rate 25 times the national average
Posted 1/28/2016
Between 2004 and 2014, at least 53 people died of heroin or opiate overdoses in Williamstown, an unincorporated community located almost entirely in Monroe Township, Gloucester County.
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DrugFree.org: Taylor Submits Testimony to End the Heroin and Prescription Drug Epidemic
Posted 1/28/2016
This week, Partnership for Drug-Free Kids President and CEO, Marcia Lee Taylor, submitted testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee for Wednesday’s hearing urging for ways to address the heroin and prescription drug epidemic. The hearing brought together governors, U.S. Senators and law enforcement officials and called for more funding and stronger measures to fight opioid addiction.