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With your subcommittees and stakeholders we can help you establish a good social media presence.
With your subcommittees and stakeholders we can help you establish a good social media presence.
We help your organization establish good practices and guidelines when engaging with the public through social media and understand what platforms to use best for your initiatives. Below you will find some of the things we have done through Media to help the public understand what we do in Drug Prevention.
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NJARNG Team Up with DEA for National Takeback Day
NEWARK, NJ - Drug Enforcement Administration agents in partnership with the New Jersey National Guard CounterDrug Task Force collect and dispose of prescription medications during Operation Take Back New Jersey, October 29, 2024.
Operation Take Back NJ is a biannual event that allows residents to safely dispose of unused or expired medications consequence-free. Residents are encouraged to dispose of unused, unwanted and expired medication safely.
Since 1973 when the DEA declared war on the epidemic of drug overdoses nationwide, Take Back Days have helped communities in need to address public health, environmental, and nationwide security concerns by safely disposing of unused and expired medications.
With 237 collection sites across the state and 214 participating Law Enforcement Agencies, a total of 13,016 lbs of unwanted prescription medications were collected and disposed of at the Covanta Essex Resource Recovery Facility in Newark, NJ.
For more information on the 27th National DEA Take Back Day, please visit https://www.dea.gov/takebackday
(U.S. Army National Guard article and photos by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Martinez)
The Center for Prevention & Counseling - Red Ribbon Week Plant The Promise
The Center for Prevention & Counseling - Red Ribbon Week Plant The Promise
FRANKLIN BOROUGH - During the month of October, The Center for Prevention & Counseling (CPC) in Sussex County partnered with participating schools and the New Jersey National Guard Drug Demand Reduction Outreach section of the CounterDrug Task Force for the “Plant the Promise” activity.
As a result of this partnership, the coalition was able to supply 7 schools in the county with flower bulbs for the students to plant. When the flowers bloom in the Spring, it will serve as a reminder of the importance of living a drug free and healthy lifestyle.
Red Ribbon Week is celebrated annually from October 23-31 and it highlights the importance of living a drug-free life. Parents, educators and community members strive to reinforce the drug-free messages shared through information awareness and education during this week as it is celebrated nationally.
“I think this event is another great reminder of the importance of living drug free,” said Dr. Lisa Vallacchi, Principal for Franklin Borough School District.“They were even talking about brain development and how drugs may slow that down and they want to go on to high school and even college with a healthy start.”
Vallacchi goes on to share that a lot of times there is worry from community members about discussing substance use with youth at an early age. She expressed that although it may be jarring to discuss such a pressing issue, it is important to have these discussions at an early age because that's when it is the most impactful.
“It’s not just a one and done deal,” Vallacchi says.”We want to make sure that we continue to talk about it, appropriately for every age group of course, because saying it once is not going to help them understand the importance of this matter.”
(New Jersey National Guard article by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Martinez)
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