PSA: What Do I Do if a Friend is Overdosing? [Video]

PSA: What Do I Do if a Friend is Overdosing? [Video]

A poignant PSA video titled "BREATHE" unfolds as a raw first-person short film portraying high school students grappling with the fear of legal repercussions when seeking help for a friend who has overdosed by dialing 9-1-1. The main message: resist the urge to panic or run away in this situation; call 9-1-1, stay, help, and give the victim a chance.

Angst: Raising Awareness Around Anxiety (Film Screening)

Angst: Raising Awareness Around Anxiety (Film Screening)

Angst is an IndieFlix Original, documentary designed to raise awareness around anxiety. The film includes interviews with kids, teens, educators, experts, parents and a very special interview with Michael Phelps. The goal is to help people identify and understand the symptoms of anxiety and encourage them to reach out for help.

Dying In Vein: The Opiate Generation - Viewing & Panel Discussion

Dying In Vein: The Opiate Generation - Viewing & Panel Discussion

Dying in Vein is a deeply personal exploration of opiate and heroin addiction through a cinéma vérité style that drops you directly into the lives of an addict in recovery, a couple trying to get clean, a family grieving the loss of their son, and an Emergency Room Physician trying to save one patient at time. Through these stories...

Mahwah HS Community Problem Solving Team Highlights Potential Dangers of Using Prescription Meds

Mahwah HS Community Problem Solving Team Highlights Potential Dangers of Using Prescription Meds

PROJECT KNO-PIOID: Mahwah HS Community Problem Solving team/class has chosen to raise awareness of the potential dangers of using prescription meds.  They are an impressive group of students! Take a look at the...

Social Media Dangers and It's Impact on Cyberbullying

Social Media Dangers and It's Impact on Cyberbullying

Today our children are using the internet and social media in almost every facet of their lives. While the internet may make our lives easier and is beneficial in many ways it also comes with many inherent dangers that as parents we must familiarize ourselves with to protect our children.

MMA Town Hall Meeting: Heroin Epidemic Video Presentation

MMA Town Hall Meeting: Heroin Epidemic Video Presentation

Thank you for visiting the MMA and we're now proud to present the full-length video of our 2015 Town Hall Meeting which discusses the Heroin Epidemic we are grappling with in Northern NJ and within Bergen County.

Prescription Drug and Heroin Epidemic - Education Program

Prescription Drug and Heroin Epidemic - Education Program

A dramatic increase in overdose deaths and the abuse of heroin and prescription painkillers have become an epidemic. In Mahwah, like other municipalities in New Jersey and across the nation, we are facing an urgent public health crisis in overdose deaths, and the abuse of heroin and other prescription pain killers.

Teenage Drinking - A Town Hall Meeting

Teenage Drinking - A Town Hall Meeting

Please join us for a conversation and panel discussion on the realities of underage drinking. This is the first Mahwah town hall meeting discussing teenage drinking and it will be an informative evening.

Teenage Drug Epidemic - A Town Hall Meeting

Teenage Drug Epidemic - A Town Hall Meeting

Special Agent Jay Flaherty will be moderating this discussion / Q&A on the teenage drug epidemic in Northern NJ. Parents will have the opportunity to send in their questions ahead of time for the panel to answer.

Remembering TJ: Teenage Anxiety & Depression

Remembering TJ: Teenage Anxiety & Depression

The Sefcik family will share their pain over losing their son T.J. They will discuss their experiences, help families to recognize signs of teen depression and give advice and information to help other families better understand teens in crisis.