In the News
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NJ.com: Ocean County Prosecutor to send drug-sniffing dogs into schools to search for heroin
Posted 9/9/2013
TOMS RIVER — Ocean County’s prosecutor will send drug-sniffing dogs into high schools and middle schools next month to combat the surge in heroin and prescription painkiller abuse that has rocked the region.
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NJ Research on Substance Abuse Prevention to be featured at National Prevention Conference in Oklahoma
Posted 8/27/2013
The conference provides a forum to explore the latest prevention research, application and practice to empower and promote positive outcomes in the community, state and federal environments.
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reuters.com: One in 10 Americans have taken drugs prescribed for others: pol
Posted 8/23/2013
One in 10 Americans admit taking a prescription drug they have not been prescribed, and a quarter of those people have used them just to get high, according to an ongoing Reuters/Ipsos poll.
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Congressman Pallone & PDFNJ Address Prescription Drug Abuse and Fraud
Posted 8/2/2013
New Brunswick, NJ – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. joined with community leaders at CVS Pharmacy in South Plainfield, New Jersey to announce his legislation, the Medicare Prescription Drug Integrity Act, to address new reports of inappropriate payments for prescriptions of controlled substances in Medicare’s Part D program.
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www.kansascity.com: Heroin: Cheap, easy to score and growing popular in the suburbs
Posted 7/31/2013
Heroin crosses all social lines, although white kids are the fastest-growing demographic using it, experts say. Heroin is most popular in the wealthier suburbs of greater Kansas City, says Lauren Moyer, the clinical director of Behavioral Health for Swope Health Services.
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NJ.com: Wyckoff police: 16-year-old boy busted in drug deal had $10K in pills
Posted 7/29/2013
WYCKOFF — A drug deal on the premises of a local elementary school led to the arrest of a 16-year-old boy who was allegedly selling Oxycodone to his peers, police said.
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NJ.com: Dirty doctors, Russian mafia fueling prescription drug and heroin abuse in N.J., investigation finds
Posted 7/10/2013
TRENTON — The rapid rise of prescription drug and heroin abuse in New Jersey is being fueled by shady, black-market entrepreneurs and corrupt doctors, some of whom have ties to organized crime, the State Commission of Investigation said in a report released today.
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Millburn Police Unveil New Prescription Drug Drop-off Box
Posted 6/14/2013
The Millburn Police Department, in conjunction with the American Medicine Chest Challenge, introduced a custom designed permanent prescription drug drop-off box at their station on Essex Road in Millburn.
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NJ.com - Heroin and prescription overdoses rise throughout N.J.; skyrocket in Ocean County
Posted 6/11/2013
There were 368 deaths related to heroin in the state’s 21 counties in 2011, up from 287 in 2010, according to Roger Mitchell, the assistant state medical examiner.
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morristown.patch.com: Morris Leads in Number of Drug Takeback Locations
Posted 5/31/2013
Morris County now boasts the most prescription drug drop boxes of any county in New Jersey.