In the News
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Expert not surprised by designer drug's role in Bridgewater assault
Posted 7/21/2011
Despite a high-profile arrest on July 13 of a Bridgewater man, the county Prosecutor’s Office says such designer drugs are unlikely to become a big problem in Somerset.
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2011 Third Grade Contract for a Healthy Life Survey Winner Announced
Posted 7/19/2011
PDFNJ is pleased to announce that Margaret Lauricella, of Greenville Elementary School in Howell Township, has been randomly selected as winner of the Third Grade Contract for a Healthy Life online survey contest.
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Save the Date: GCADA Summit 9/9/2011
Posted 7/19/2011
Governor's Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Annual Alliance Summit
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Anti-Drug Campaign Alerts Parents to Dangerously High Heroin Purity
Posted 7/12/2011
PDFNJ announced the release of a multi-media public service campaign alerting parents in New Jersey about the rising purity and dangers of heroin.
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NJ’s Collective Effort To Curb Underage Drinking At The Shore This Summer
Posted 6/29/2011
Attorney General Paula T. Dow today joined with state, county and local law enforcement officials to announce a comprehensive law enforcement and public awareness effort...
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2011 Winners of Listen-Up Parents to the Danger of Underage Drinking Radio PSA
Posted 6/28/2011
2011 Winner - Borough School in Morris Plains, Morris County
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CALI, Colombia: GM marijuana problem growing in Colombia
Posted 6/24/2011
Greenhouses lined with genetically modified marijuana sit on a mountainside just an hour ride from Cali, Colombia, where farmers say the enhanced plants are more powerful and profitable.
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Prescription painkillers offer a gateway to cheaper narcotics, gangsters tell SCI
Posted 6/16/2011
The tide of illegal narcotics use in New Jersey is shifting, with heroin currently the No. 1 drug in Monmouth County, according to a veteran investigator with the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office.
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Hunterdon Democrat - Close the loophole on teen drinking
Posted 6/15/2011
West Amwell and Clinton townships have ordinances giving police the right, in the presence of “reasonable and articulable suspicion,” to charge minors on private property with underage drinking.
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NYTimes.com - An Addiction Expert Faces a Formidable Foe - Prescription Drugs...
Posted 6/14/2011
Addiction is all about the dopamine. The pleasure, pain and devilish problem of control are simply the detritus left by waves of this little molecule surging and retreating deep in the brain.