In the News
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pharmacytimes.com: New Jersey Veterinarians Urged to Help Prevent Abuse of Pet Prescriptions
Posted 10/19/2017
Officials with the New Jersey Attorney General’s office are calling on veterinarians to help combat the opioid epidemic, announcing stricter guidelines aimed at preventing individuals from abusing prescription medications meant for their pets.
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northjersey.com - Opioid crisis: Painkiller restrictions are helping addiction fight, attorney general says
Posted 10/19/2017
FRANKLIN LAKES — Christopher Porrino, the state attorney general, outlined Wednesday night his office’s plan to battle New Jersey’s heroin epidemic by tightening restrictions on prescription painkillers whose legal use so often leads people down the path to illicit addiction.
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cbsnews.com: Ex-DEA agent: Opioid crisis fueled by drug industry and Congress
Posted 10/17/2017
Whistleblower Joe Rannazzisi says drug distributors pumped opioids into U.S. communities -- knowing that people were dying -- and says industry lobbyists and Congress derailed the DEA's efforts to stop it
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cbsnews.com: The opioid epidemic as seen in 6 charts
Posted 10/17/2017
Drug overdose deaths, once rare, are now the leading cause of accidental death in the U.S., surpassing peak annual deaths caused by motor vehicle accidents, guns and HIV infection.
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statnews.com: Online sellers of designer drugs are a dark partner in the opioid epidemic
Posted 10/17/2017
One of Max’s friends taught him an easy way to buy shady drugs. What he learned almost killed him, and it opened my eyes to a hiding-in-plain-sight source of dangerous drugs that is amplifying the opioid epidemic.
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Charlie McKenna, Chairman of the New Jersey Drug Abuse Control Task Force, recognizes PDFNJ
Posted 10/16/2017
Charlie McKenna, Chairman of the New Jersey Drug Abuse Control Task Force, recognized Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey for its efforts in helping to combat the opioid epidemic in a press conference October 10. The Task Force issued a report with 40 recommendations involving education, prevention, intervention, treatment, recovery and reentry to help New Jersey address the opioid crisis.
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mycentraljersey.com: Opioid abuse is in everyone's backyard
Posted 10/16/2017
BERNARDSVILLE - Unless you have had your head in the sand for the last year, you know that the problem of opioid abuse exists everywhere, including your backyard.
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pressofatlanticcity.com: Knock Out Opioid Abuse Day draws attention to dangers of addiction
Posted 10/13/2017
Two thousand volunteers across New Jersey walked local neighborhoods Friday talking to residents during the second annual Knock Out Opioid Abuse Day organized by the Partnership for a Drug Free New Jersey.
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snjtoday.com: 'Knock Out Opioid Abuse' Day Event at Stockton
Posted 10/13/2017
POMONA, N.J. - The State of New Jersey is standing up to "knock out" the opioid health crisis. On Friday, October 6th, state and local officials rolled out the Knock Out Opioid Abuse Day initiative with events throughout the state.
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whyy.org: Spreading the word about addiction, treatment at the street level in New Jersey
Posted 10/13/2017
Bob Chew used to lock up drug addicts. But on Friday, the former Camden police sergeant was walking the streets, hoping to get them help. “Could you maybe help spread the message for us?” he said to one man walking along Broadway in Gloucester City, a 2-square-mile town just below Camden. Chew was taking part in Knock Out Opioid Abuse Day, a statewide event organized by the nonprofit Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey.