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.
Mandatory rehab after Narcan saves. Mobile vans to transport people from police bookings to treatment. Bringing substance-abuse experts on police ridealongs.
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.
Prosecutors say police scuttled a million-dollar opioid facility being run out of an Amazon driver's apartment, confiscating numerous luxury items including a 40-foot yacht.
Opioid-related deaths have risen year-over-year for eight straight months in New Jersey – but the 4% increase in June was the smallest in that stretch.