In the News
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Attorney General, Division of Consumer Affairs Announce Significant Expansion of “Project Medicine Drop”
Posted 4/16/2013
Consumers Can Now Dispose of Unused Medications at 40 Secure Locations Statewide
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Drugfree.Org - Parents: Talk to Your Teens About Drinking Before They Start College
Posted 4/1/2013
Parents who discuss drinking with their teens before they start college can influence their children’s drinking behavior once they are at school, a new study suggests.
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Philadelphia.cbslocal.com - Study: Random Drug Testing At New Jersey Schools Effective
Posted 3/9/2013
Several New Jersey districts have obtained parental permission to conduct random drug tests on middle school students. PDFNJ teamed up with the Fairleigh Dickinson Public Mind Poll to look at what effect those tests made on the kids who got them.
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Study: Random Drug Testing of Middle School Students Proves Effective in Preventing Substance Abuse
Posted 3/8/2013
ATLANTIC CITY— PDFNJ and Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind, today, released the results of their six year study of the effectiveness of drug-testing in the prevention of substance abuse among New Jersey middle school students at the statewide Addiction Conference, Atlantic City.
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NJ.com - Drug testing N.J. middle-school students cuts back on future use, study says
Posted 3/8/2013
Drug testing middle-school students makes them less likely to use drugs in the future,according to a 6-year studycarried out by Fairleigh Dickinson University/PublicMind & PDFNJ.
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Newsworks.org - Drug testing N.J. youth keeps them out of trouble, study says
Posted 3/8/2013
A six-year study finds that random drug testing of middle school students in New Jersey can help prevent substance abuse.
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Drugfree.Org - Drug Testing of Middle-School Students May Help Prevent Substance Abuse: Study
Posted 3/8/2013
Students who were randomly tested for drugs were less likely to use them in later years, according to the study, conducted by the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey and Fairleigh Dickinson University. The researchers found drug use by students in grades 6-8 is relatively rare, Newsworks reports.
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NJToday.net - Study: Random Drug Testing of Middle Schools Students Proves Effective In Preventing Substance Abuse
Posted 3/8/2013
For several years, some New Jersey middle schools have asked parents for permission to carry out random drug testing in the school. Now, the first longitudinal study measuring the effectiveness of these programs indicates these tests tend to reduce rates of drug abuse in later years.
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Finalists Announced for NJ Shouts Down Drugs Music Competition
Posted 3/1/2013
The Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey, today, released the finalist list for the 2013 New Jersey Shout Down Drugs Competition(NJSDD), its substance abuse prevention themed music and song writing competition for high school students.
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PDFNJ Seeking Scripts for Television PSA Contest
Posted 2/26/2013
The Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey is calling on New Jersey Middle School students to write, star and produce a television commercial with a substance abuse prevention message for their peers by entering the 14th Annual Middle School Public Service Announcement Challenge (MSPSA).