heroin in NJ

More people than ever are leaving New Jersey and taking precious resources with them.

City of Angels co-founder Kevin Meara said he believes the governor put a lot of thought into his plan for battling drug addiction in the Garden State.

Todd Herremans played guard and tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles from 2005-2014. He was one of many players using marijuana during that time and would like to see the NFL allow cannabis used to treat player injuries.

Dennis Malloy admits he feels for those suffering from addiction, but has a hard time believing anything that comes out of Chris Christie's mouth.

A former Ocean County juvenile justice officer who pleaded guilty to drug charges will now be behind bars.

Every Aug. 31 is International Overdose Awareness Day. Memorial walks, moments of silence and candlelight vigils will dot the globe from Canada to New Zealand.

With New Jersey’s prescription painkiller and heroin epidemic continuing to spiral out of control, one lawmaker is pushing a multi-pronged plan to help turn things around.

An investigation prompted by a June 17 shooting of a Youngs Avenue apartment ended in the arrest of 25 South Jersey residents.

Preventable injuries, or accidents, claimed 136,053 lives in 2014 - an all-time high and a 57 percent increase since 1992.

A new study which surveyed 1,000 people who were prescribed opioids in the past year revealed two-thirds planned to keep the pills they had left over, as half of those polled were given no information on how or where to discard the medications.