In the News
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APP.com: Neptune City girls excel in folder contest by statewide Partnership
Posted 5/17/2013
During the winter, Sydney Shephard and Madelyn Weinstein, both fourth-graders at Woodrow Wilson School in Neptune City, entered — along with their classmates — a statewide folder contest hosted by the Partnership for a Drug Free New Jersey.
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Brielle Students Are Winners in 2013 Statewide Middle School PSA Scriptwriting Contest
Posted 5/9/2013
(BRIELLE)- Emily Brzozowski, Audrey Mannion, and Caroline Savage, students at Brielle Elementary School, were selected as statewide winners for their entry in the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey’s Annual Middle School PSA Challenge. The script will be professionally filmed, starring the students at their school.
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NJ 4th Grade Students Featured at Statewide Prevention Artwork Showcase
Posted 4/25/2013
Over 8,000 fourth grade students from across New Jersey participated in the Fourteenth Annual Partnership for a Drug Free New Jersey/Verizon New Jersey Design a Fourth Grade Folder Contest.
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Drugfree.org - One-Fourth of Teens Have Misused or Abused Prescription Drugs at Least Once: Study
Posted 4/23/2013
One-fourth of teens have misused or abused a prescription drug at least once in their lifetime, a 33 percent increase over the last five years, a new study finds.
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Yahoo.com - Holder: Marijuana's effect on children a factor
Posted 4/19/2013
Marijuana's effect on children a factor as Justice Dept. weighs states' legalization
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Attorney General, Division of Consumer Affairs Announce Significant Expansion of “Project Medicine Drop”
Posted 4/16/2013
Consumers Can Now Dispose of Unused Medications at 40 Secure Locations Statewide
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Drugfree.Org - Parents: Talk to Your Teens About Drinking Before They Start College
Posted 4/1/2013
Parents who discuss drinking with their teens before they start college can influence their children’s drinking behavior once they are at school, a new study suggests.
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Philadelphia.cbslocal.com - Study: Random Drug Testing At New Jersey Schools Effective
Posted 3/9/2013
Several New Jersey districts have obtained parental permission to conduct random drug tests on middle school students. PDFNJ teamed up with the Fairleigh Dickinson Public Mind Poll to look at what effect those tests made on the kids who got them.
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Study: Random Drug Testing of Middle School Students Proves Effective in Preventing Substance Abuse
Posted 3/8/2013
ATLANTIC CITY— PDFNJ and Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind, today, released the results of their six year study of the effectiveness of drug-testing in the prevention of substance abuse among New Jersey middle school students at the statewide Addiction Conference, Atlantic City.
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NJ.com - Drug testing N.J. middle-school students cuts back on future use, study says
Posted 3/8/2013
Drug testing middle-school students makes them less likely to use drugs in the future,according to a 6-year studycarried out by Fairleigh Dickinson University/PublicMind & PDFNJ.