In the News
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Spring Drug Take Back Program in Seaside, NJ
Posted 4/28/2011
The Seaside Police Department will coordinate a prescription drug turn in on April 30 at Seaside City Hall.
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Morris cops ask public to help close door on medicine chest
Posted 4/28/2011
When it comes to prescription or over-the-counter medicines in homes, law enforcement agencies have one main concern: the drugs could get into the wrong hands.
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NY Times - Ohio County Losing Its Young to Painkillers’ Grip
Posted 4/20/2011
In Ohio, fatal overdoses more than quadrupled in the last decade, and by 2007 had surpassed car crashes as the leading cause of accidental death, according to the Department of Health.
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National Study - Teen Drug Use Trending in Wrong Direction
Posted 4/14/2011
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4th Grade Students at NJ Artwork Premiere
Posted 4/14/2011
This past school year, 7,000 fourth grade students from all parts of NJ participated in the PDFNJ/Verizon Design a Fourth Grade Folder Contest.
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Newly Born, and Withdrawing From Painkillers
Posted 4/11/2011
As prescription drug abuse ravages communities across the country, doctors are confronting an emerging challenge: newborns dependent on painkillers.
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2011 Hudson Co. Shout Down Drugs Contest Results!
Posted 3/24/2011
Thirteen musically talented Hudson Co. high school students created original music and lyrics with peer-to-peer drug prevention messages for the Hudson Co. Shout Down Drugs music competition
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Four Loko Drink Maker Lands in N.J. Court
Posted 3/21/2011
The first NJ lawsuit has been filed against the maker of Four Loko, the spiked energy drink that was dubbed a "blackout in a can" after intoxicated college students began showing up in emergency rooms last year.
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Bath Salts Could Be Taking Hold in NJ
Posted 3/20/2011
Over the past few years, experts say, a new wave of narcotics, so-called "designer drugs," has carved its own place in the nation’s drug culture.
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Two N.J. legislators to introduce bill banning 'bath salts' drug
Posted 3/16/2011
Two state Assembly members will introduce legislation aimed at stopping the sale of “bath salts,” legal powders that give users a high not unlike that of methamphetamine.