In the News
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nj1015.com: The financial cost of drug abuse
Posted 11/2/2015
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AMCC Launches 6th Annual Initiative to Raise Awareness about Rx Abuse and Safe Medicine Disposal at IACP Conference
Posted 10/28/2015
CHICAGO – The American Medicine Chest Challenge (AMCC) launched its 2015 initiative to raise awareness of Rx Abuse and of the need to safely dispose of unused, unwanted, and expired medicine, at the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) conference in Chicago. President Barak Obama addressed the 122nd Annual IACP Conference, which the American Medicine Chest Challenge participated in.
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FACT SHEET: Obama Administration Announces Public and Private Sector Efforts to Address Prescription Drug Abuse and Heroin Use
Posted 10/21/2015
Prescription drug abuse and heroin use have taken a heartbreaking toll on too many Americans and their families, while straining law enforcement and treatment programs. Today, the President will travel to West Virginia to hear directly from individuals and families affected by this epidemic and the health care professionals, law enforcement officers, and community leaders working to prevent addiction and respond to its aftermath.
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Families Challenged to Tackle Prescription Drug Abuse in New Jersey
Posted 10/13/2015
MILLBURN --- On November 14, 2015 the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey’s (PDFNJ) 6th Annual American Medicine Chest Challenge-New Jersey (AMCCNJ) --- a public health initiative to raise awareness about the dangers of prescription drug abuse and encourage safe disposal will be held in communities throughout the state.
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NJ Teens Invited to Shout Down Drugs in Statewide Music and Songwriting Competition
Posted 10/13/2015
The Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey’s (PDFNJ) Shout Down Drugs music competition is a substance abuse prevention music and song writing contest looking for talented high school students to create and perform original peer-to-peer substance abuse prevention songs. The contest is open to all New Jersey high school students.
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whitehouse.gov: Weekly Address: Dispose of Your Expired and Unwanted Prescription Drugs
Posted 9/26/2015
Summary: The President speaks about the importance of preventing and treating substance use disorders on “National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day.
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PDFNJ Online Fishing Tournament Encouraged Hundreds of NJ Families to Spend Quality Time Together
Posted 9/24/2015
MILLBURN, NJ – Hundreds of New Jersey families spent time together fishing in state rivers, lakes, bays and the Atlantic Ocean along the shore as part of an effort to motivate families to spend time with their children to prevent substance abuse.
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NJBIA Webinar on Drugs Don’t Work in NJ!
Posted 9/22/2015
Trenton: Angelo. M Valente, Executive Director of the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey, and Stephen Trimboli, Esq., of Trimboli & Prusinowski, L.L.C., present a Drug’s Don’t Work in NJ! webinar for members of the New Jersey Business and Industry Association (NJBIA) on Legal Issues of Creating and Maintaining a Drug-Free Workplace Environment.
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www.dailyrecord.com - Clergy become first responders in drug war
Posted 9/21/2015
MORRISTOWN For decades, churches have allowed Alcoholics and Narcotics Anonymous groups to meet in their basements, but that’s not enough anymore, the Rev. Sidney Williams told some 60 clergy people from across the state who gathered Wednesday in the pews of his Bethel AME Church.
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www.njherald.com - Exhibit at SCCC gives perspective on heroin addiction
Posted 9/20/2015
The exhibit, on display at the college through the first week in October, began as a statewide art contest where artists were tasked to express through art what heroin addiction and use means to them.