Opioids

An Ocean County Grand Jury has indicted three people who dealt a lethal drug package of heroin and fentanyl to a man who later died earlier this year.

A new push to prevent opioid overdose death in New Jersey.

Jersey Shore Congressman Chris Smith (R) has introduced legislation to require drug testing for methadone for commercial drivers.

The state Health Department projects 2 million square feet of cultivation space would be needed to get adult-use recreational marijuana started.

Could NJ drug addicts be arrested for getting high at an Overdose Prevention Center? Here's some questions and answers about the proposed program.

The drug and alcohol treatment facility, Turning Point Inc., has announced that they'll be opening up a new location in Ocean County, which ranks second in New Jersey for the highest amount of drug overdoses.

A Stafford Township man has been arrested for allegedly providing the batch of heroin to a Beachwood man that led to his death last month.

A teacher at Eagleswood Township Elementary School in Ocean County is charged with snorting morphine off his desk in front of students.

Jackson Police use intel about a man heading to town with a large quantity of marijuana to make an arrest at the location they found out he was heading towards.

A Jackson man is revived with narcan after overdosing and found lying on the front lawn of a home on Toms River Road.

Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer has now been on the job for almost two months of a five-year appointment where he plans to address a number of key issues affecting residents.

A Neptune man who sold drugs to a Long Branch man who later overdosed has been indicted by a Monmouth County Grand Jury, according to Prosecutor Chris Gramiccioni.