In the News
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arstechnica.com: With a 10-day supply of opioids, 1 in 5 become long-term users
Posted 3/23/2017
The longer a person uses opioids, the greater the risk of forming a deadly addiction. But just how long does it take to switch from being a short-term user—say, while you’re dealing with pain after a surgery—to a long-term, potentially problematic user? A few weeks? A month?
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nbcnews.com: Nearly 12,000 Kids Poisoned by Opioids Each Year
Posted 3/21/2017
Nearly 12,000 children and teens mistakenly get some sort of opioid drug each year, many of them kids under 5 who find pills by mistake, doctors reported Monday.
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nbcnews.com: Too Many Bodies in Ohio Morgue, so Coroner Gets Death Trailer
Posted 3/14/2017
It's mute testimony to the opioid addiction plague that has been ravaging Ohio — a 20-foot-long air conditioned trailer with room for 18 bodies.
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capemaycountyherald.com: Dennis Township School District Holds 15 Minute Child Break Presentation
Posted 3/12/2017
DENNIS TOWNSHIP -- The 15 Minute Child Break is a program sponsored by the Partnership for a Drug Free New Jersey designed to teach parents about substance abuse, especially among youth.
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newjerseyhills.com: Substance abuse prevention program for parents comes to Long Hill
Posted 3/12/2017
LONG HILL TWP. - The Watchung Hills Regional Municipal Alliance will host the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey’s (PDFNJ) 15-Minute Child Break program at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 30 at Central Middle School in Stirling.
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Horizon Supports PDFNJ Efforts to Empower Parents to Prevent Opioid and Other Substance Misuse in Their Family
Posted 3/7/2017
MILLBURN --- Deciding when and how to talk to your kids about drugs can be a big decision. Thanks to the support of the Horizon Foundation for New Jersey, for the 17th year, the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey (PDFNJ) is able to provide parents information on how and when to have those conversations.
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WashingtonPost.com: Surgeons were told to stop prescribing so many painkillers. The results were remarkable.
Posted 3/7/2017
The head of general surgery at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center had a remarkably simple idea not long ago: What if the department suggested that surgeons limit prescriptions of narcotic pain pills to a specific number for different kinds of operations?
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WashingtonPost.com: The deadly connection between prescription painkillers and the economy
Posted 3/4/2017
About 15 years ago, death rates among middle-aged white Americans stopped falling and started to climb. It was an unprecedented reversal for a modern industrialized country, and we still don’t fully understand why it happened.
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app.com: Do you tell your kids about your past drug use?
Posted 3/2/2017
The opioid epidemic has made a parent or guardian's answer to the inevitable question from a child "Have you ever done drugs?" more consequential given the deadliness of heroin.
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patch.com: Where the Most Overdose Deaths Occurred in Monmouth County in 2016
Posted 3/1/2017
The Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office released this map Tuesday, showing where the most drug overdose deaths occurred.