In the News
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NJ.com: N.J. legislature tackles addiction: List of bills included in major package
Posted 9/17/2014
The bills will be announced at a news conference in Trenton at noon. Sen. Joseph Vitale (D-Middlesex), who helped begin assembling the bill package in 2013, said he hopes the legislative action will bring about meaningful change and help shape the conversation about addiction moving forward in New Jersey as one about a public health crisis rather than a law enforcement problem.
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ABCNews.Go.com: Prescription Drug Deaths Keep Rising: CDC
Posted 9/16/2014
Deaths from prescription painkillers such as Vicodin and OxyContin nearly quadrupled between 1999 and 2011, according to statistics released today by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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NJ.com: DEA warns of high purity heroin in N.J.
Posted 9/14/2014
New Jersey has some of the purest heroin in the United States, recent Drug Enforcement Administration lab tests revealed.
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PRO-ACT Recovery Walks 2014
Posted 9/4/2014
On Saturday, September 20, celebrate recovery, at this year's PRO-ACT Recovery Walks 2014 event, in Philadelphia. Thanks to funding from the Governor's Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (GCADA), the New Jersey Prevention Network has coordinated 9 statewide locations to provide FREE round-trip bus transportation for this year's walk.
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PDFNJ & Farleigh Dickinson University Study Featured in Sevierville, TN Mountain Press Newspaper
Posted 9/3/2014
A six-year study released in 2013 from The Partnership for Drug Free New Jersey showed "when a student was randomly drug tested, those students were much less likely to abuse and to experiment with drugs throughout their highs school careers," according to Angelo Valente, Executive Director of the Partnership.
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4 Middlesex County Hospitals Come Together to Tackle Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic
Posted 9/3/2014
NEW BRUNSWICK – Physicians in Middlesex and neighboring counties will have the opportunity to learn more about the prescription drug and heroin abuse epidemic in New Jersey and have the ability to discuss solutions.
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ShoreNewsToday.com: Prosecutor and Partnership recognized for drug abuse campaign
Posted 8/28/2014
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE – An award winning campaign aimed at educating young people and parents about the dangers of heroin has earned the county prosecutor and the Partnership for a Drug-free New Jersey statewide recognition by the National Association of Government Communicators.
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Statewide Study Finds NJ Parents See Connection Between Rx Abuse and Rising Heroin Abuse in NJ, but Don’t See their Homes as an Access Point for these Addictive Drugs
Posted 8/21/2014
MILLBURN – New Statewide Survey results released, today, by PDFNJ found that parents see their own home as being a top source for their children to access alcohol and do not see their home as an access point for Rx and OTC drugs – despite the fact that a majority of parents recognize that the abuse of prescription narcotics contributes to the increase in heroin abuse rates in New Jersey.
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PDFNJ, Cape May County Prosecutor Recognized for Excellence by NAGC
Posted 8/21/2014
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE - PDFNJ along with the Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office was recognized by the National Association of Government Communicators for their collaboration on their award winning campaign, “Heroin: Are you talking to your kids yet?”.
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PDFNJ Recognized for Excellence by the NAGC
Posted 8/19/2014
PDFNJ, in conjunction with the NJ AG, Ocean Prosecutor’s Office, Monmouth Prosecutor’s Office, and Cape May Prosecutor’s Office, was recognized by the National Association for Government Communicators for excellence in collaboration with the campaign, “Heroin: Are you talking with your kids yet?”.