opioids

A man and woman face criminal charges stemming from a 16-year-old's fatal overdose on heroin and fentanyl, prosecutors said.

Fifteen fewer people died from overdoses last year versus 2019, even if the county prosecutor said the 2020 death toll of 149 was still "way too high."

The opioid epidemic got worse in late 2019 and through the early months of COVID-19, then improved in the second half of 2020.

A firm that sold ideas to Purdue Pharma and other OxyContin makers for 15-years will pay out millions, while also releasing documents from its communications with those companies.

Death certificates would have to list the specific drug responsible for overdose deaths, under proposed legislation.

Mandatory rehab after Narcan saves. Mobile vans to transport people from police bookings to treatment. Bringing substance-abuse experts on police ridealongs.

A Sussex County man just released under the state's pandemic early-release law was back in jail the same day.

After a spike that began last November and continued through the spring peak of the pandemic, opioid-related deaths declined in the June to August period.

The Murphy administration's three-day free Narcan giveaway to Jersey residents kicks off today at 322 participating pharmacies and grocery stores statewide.

A study of opioid use from 1999 to 2018 showed that exposure had the potential to cause partial or full hearing loss, sometimes permanently.