prescription drugs

Federal officials have charged twelve people in what they say was an illegal multi-state operation that trafficked in stolen medicines worth millions of dollars.

Addiction begins in the medicine cabinet. New Jersey authorities have announced the expansion of "Project Medicine Drop", a program that allows secure disposal of leftover prescription drugs.

A South Jersey community is in shock after the arrest of a local police officer on charges that he bought controlled dangerous substances from a confidential police informant.

State prosecutors say a New Jersey physician who also serves on his town's governing body has been charged with selling prescriptions for highly addictive painkillers to people he never treated or examined.

In November of last year Meg Dupont-Parisi's 21-year-old son Patrick died of a prescription drug overdose.

More than five years after New Jersey passed a law to start tracking prescription drug use, the state is launching a long-awaited database to help doctors more quickly spot abusers and help authorities stop drug dealers.

New Jersey is launching a pilot program that allows consumers to drop off unused medications in secure  locations. The idea is to combat prescription drug abuse, Attorney General Paula Dow says Project Medicine Drop will feature mailbox-like drop boxes in police departments in Little Falls, Vineland and Seaside Heights.