Police advised those with friends and relatives who are users to have naloxone at the ready and try to ensure that the user or their friends are carrying the antidote.
Opioid awareness is at the heart of a series of town halls and other events going on around New Jersey right now to help stem the tide of this abuse epidemic.
There were 765 overdose deaths in N.J. so far in 2018. The proposed budget allocates money for treatment, addressing social risk factors and better tech.
Freddie Blue was arrested on Monday after a joint investigation by the Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office and the Raritan Township Police Department.
One New Jersey Medical school has become the first in the nation to train medical students in providing medication-assisted treatment for opioid addicts.
Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph Coronato said the investigation, which he called the largest drug bust in Ocean County in the past 30 years, led from Ocean County to Monmouth County and throughout the state.