In the News
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NJ1015.com: Heroin Deaths Rise in NJ and Other States
Posted 4/9/2014
With heroin use rising across the U.S., Associated Press queried state health departments, medical examiner’s offices and law enforcement agencies across the nation for statistics related to use, overdoses and treatment to obtain a more detailed picture of the problem on the ground.
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NJ 4th Grade Students Featured at Statewide Prevention Artwork Premiere
Posted 4/9/2014
(NEWARK) – Over 8,000 fourth grade students from across New Jersey participated in the Fourteenth Annual Partnership for a Drug Free New Jersey/Verizon New Jersey Design a Fourth Grade Folder Contest.
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HudsonCountyTV.com: Partnership for a Drug-Free NJ unveils prescription drug disposal in Secaucus
Posted 4/8/2014
Partnership for a Drug-Free NJ unveils prescription drug disposal in Secaucus. Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto, Mayor Michael Gonnelli and District 9 Freeholder Albert Cifelli all spoke about the importance of properly disposing of description drugs at Monday afternoon’s event.
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NJ.com - Former Boston Celtic Chris Herren stands up against substance abuse
Posted 4/8/2014
Chris Herren is a former college basketball star who played in the National Basketball Association with the Boston Celtics in 2000 – 2001, but whose path to stardom was blocked by years of substance abuse.
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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.