In the News
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PDFNJ Teams with Lamar Advertising in Campaign Showing Effects of Addiction
Posted 3/29/2018
MILLBURN – The Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey (PDFNJ) has launched a new media campaign highlighting the emotional pain associated with addiction and has received help spreading that message from the advertising community.
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thesandpaper.villagesoup.com: Vote Online for Ocean County Songwriter in ‘Shout Down Drugs’ Competition
Posted 3/29/2018
Songwriter and Shout Down Drugs finalist Lily Targett is a ninth-grader at Southern Regional High School who recently transferred from the Ocean County Vocational-Technical Schools’ Performing Arts Academy in Lakehurst. She sings and plays guitar, is a student at Starlight Academy in Manahawkin and is doing “Anything Goes” with Bellarine Theater Co.
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Horizon Foundation Helps PDFNJ Prepare Parents to Prevent Substance Use in Their Families
Posted 3/28/2018
OLD BRIDGE – The Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey (PDFNJ), with critical support from The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey, has once again ensured that thousands of New Jersey parents will be well-equipped to speak with the children about substance use.
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Town Hall to Address Effects of Opioid Crisis on Cape May County
Posted 3/28/2018
DENNISVILLE — Cape May County residents are encouraged to join the conversation on the statewide opioid epidemic when the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey and the Horizon Foundation for New Jersey bring the Knock Out Opioid Abuse Town Hall Series to the county this spring.
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Ex. Dir. Angelo Valente Discusses Upcoming PDFNJ Events on Comcast Newsmakers [VIDEO]
Posted 3/20/2018
Jill Horner speaks with Angelo Valente, Executive Director from the Partnership For A Drug-Free New Jersey, about Shout Down Drugs, Middle school PSA, and Knock Out Opioid Abuse Town Hall Series. Interview recorded 3/14/2018.
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northjersey.com: North Jersey students 'Shout Down' drug abuse
Posted 3/9/2018
Could songs keep youths away from the dangers of drug addiction? A Millburn-based nonprofit hopes such is the case.
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tapinto.net: Millburn High School Juniors Original Song on Drug Prevention Finalist in Statewide Competition
Posted 3/9/2018
MILLBURN, N.J. — Three Millburn High School juniors are among 18 finalists in the New Jersey Shout Down Drugs Music Contest and the community can help vote them to victory. Danielle Benna, Kyle Farscht and Jessica Yeager, the trio known as Powdered Elephants, wrote an original song with a drug prevention theme made the finals as a wild card.
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CDC Study Finds Significant Increase in Opioid Overdoses
Posted 3/6/2018
MILLBURN — Emergency room visits for opioid overdoses rose by 30 percent in the United States from July 2016 to September 2017, according to a report released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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trentonian.com - WATCH: 30-second anti-drug video stars six Hamilton middle school students
Posted 3/5/2018
HAMILTON >> As the opioid overdose drug-addiction crisis wreaks havoc across the state and nation, a group of Hamilton Township School District students have done their part in sending a message of sobriety.
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courierpostonline.com: After multiple overdoses, Gloucester County man finds long-term recovery
Posted 3/5/2018
DEPTFORD - When the crisis was at its worst inside the Cisco household, rescue crews arrived at the door a couple times a month or more.