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For Immediate Release
CAPTION: As sports rehabilitation centers are frequented by teens, the Madison Chatham Coalition and Fairleigh Dickinson University School of Pharmacy students chose to visit Peak Physical Therapy, a new practice in Chatham Township, to help spread awareness about prescribing opioids and addiction prevention and treatment resources on Knock Out Opioid Abuse Day.
About Partnership for Drug-Free NJ:
The statewide single-day initiative, organized by the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey and The Community Coalition for a Safe & Healthy Morris, in cooperation with the New Jersey Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services and the Governor’s Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, mobilized the prevention and treatment communities, community leaders and concerned citizens to raise awareness of the potential for dependency on prescribed pain medicine and its link to heroin abuse rates in our state. Teams of volunteers across the state visited physician and dental offices, as well as homes in local communities, to distribute this vital information.
The Madison Chatham Coalition is funded by the Office of National Drug Control Policy and is a collaborative partnership between the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America. For more information about the coalition or to become a committee member, visit www.MadisonChathamCoalition.org or call 973-822-9622.
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