In the News
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nj.com: Students Finalists in N.J. Shout Down Drugs Competition
Posted 3/2/2016
The initiative challenges high school students to create original music with lyrics that contain powerful peer-to-peer substance abuse prevention messages. Xavier Blake's original song, "Lost and Found" was selected as the Salem County finalist from numerous entries from across the state.
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New Jersey Shout Down Drugs! Music Competition Announces Finalists
Posted 3/1/2016
New Jersey Shout Down Drugs challenges high school students to create original music and lyrics with powerful substance abuse prevention messages to allow teens to deliver the prevention message to each other through their favorite medium of music. County Finalists are chosen by peer judges to perform their original songs at the Annual Statewide Prevention Concert, held in May, at a state-of-the-art venue.
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patch.com/new-jersey/galloway: Prescription Drug Dropbox in Place at the Galloway Police Department
Posted 2/24/2016
Galloway Police worked with Join Together Atlantic County to bring the drop box to the township.
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nj.com: Free Networking Seminar On March 23 Focuses On Creating and Maintaining a Drug-Free Workplace
Posted 2/22/2016
Creating and maintaining a drug-free workplace is not always an easy task for business owners, managers and human resource professionals. On Wednesday, March 23, a free networking seminar will take place which focuses on this very topic. Legal Issues of Creating and Maintaining a Drug-Free Workplace Environment will be held at the Hunterdon County Complex, Assembly Room, Building No. 1, 314 State Route 12, Flemington.
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njspotlight.com: Op-Ed: Super Bowl Ad Sends Wrong Message About Prescribing Opioids
Posted 2/17/2016
With opioid overdoses the chief cause of accidental death in New Jersey, the media can’t make these drugs an acceptable part of life
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newjerseyhills.com: Middle school students: Take Drug-Free New Jersey PSA Challenge
Posted 2/17/2016
Middle school students throughout New Jersey are being encouraged to take part in the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey’s annual Middle School Public Service Announcement Challenge.
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Online Voting for NJ Shout Down Drugs Begins Today
Posted 2/12/2016
Millburn, NJ – The Garden State is jam-packed with teenage musical talent and many of them are using their music to get a message out to their peers about the dangers of substance abuse. High School students from across the state have entered The Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey’s (PDFNJ) Shout Down Drugs competition. This initiative challenges young people from across the state to create original music with lyrics that contain powerful peer-to-peer drug prevention messages.
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gloucestercitynews.net: Online Voting for NJ Shout Down Drugs Begins Today
Posted 2/12/2016
Millburn, NJ – The Garden State is jam-packed with teenage musical talent and many of them are using their music to get a message out to their peers about the dangers of substance abuse.
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nj1015.com: Drug overdoses now kill twice as many NJ residents as car crashes
Posted 2/8/2016
As Jersey’s ongoing heroin and prescription drug epidemic continues, drug overdoses have become the leading cause of accidental death in the Garden state. The state Medical Examiner’s Office reports in 2014 there were 1,305 drug-related deaths, and New Jersey State Police data indicates there were 556 fatalities on Garden state roads.
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njtvonline.org: PDFNJ Ex. Dir Angelo M. Valente Testifies Before NJ Senate Committee About NJ’s Opioid Abuse Epidemic
Posted 2/4/2016
The Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey says it holds meetings for doctors called Do No Harm. “What’s amazing is 90 percent of the physicians who attended these symposiums — doctors and dentists — 90 percent of them said they plan to change their prescribing habits,” said Executive Director Angelo Valente.