In the News
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PDFNJ and PSEG Foundation Bring Substance Use Prevention Efforts to the Classroom
Posted 4/10/2018
NUTLEY — The Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey (PDFNJ) and the PSEG Foundation have collaborated to send a message to 40,000 young New Jersey students on the importance of healthy choices through the annual Third Grade Contract for a Healthy Life.
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Drugs Don’t Work in NJ! Seminar to Highlight Importance of Drug-Free Workplace Policies
Posted 4/3/2018
MILLBURN – The Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey (PDFNJ) will focus on substance use in the workplace next month at its annual Legal Issues of a Drug-Free Workplace Statewide Seminar.
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pressofatlanticcity.com: South Jersey counties hold opioid epidemic awareness events
Posted 4/2/2018
Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey, with Horizon Foundation for New Jersey and Cape Assist, will hold a Knock Out Opioid Abuse Town Hall event April 19 at Dennis Township Senior Center for Cape May County residents.
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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.