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When a heroin user is revived from an overdose by the use of an opioid antidote, the withdrawal symptoms can be so severe that their only priority is getting their next drug fix.

Patients can soon buy more medical marijuana more each month, with eventual home delivery. The sales tax will fade away, though local taxes may be coming.

Murphy says Legislature's budget gives a pass to opioid manufacturers by not levying a projected $21.5 million a year in taxes and fees.

A rapid expansion of New Jersey's medical marijuana program may go beyond what lawmakers envision in bill one vote from reaching Gov. Phil Murphy’s desk.

The state Health Department projects 2 million square feet of cultivation space would be needed to get adult-use recreational marijuana started.

People suffering from opioid use disorder can now be treated with medical marijuana in New Jersey

So long as their applications get state and local approvals, dispensaries will open Atlantic City, Elizabeth, Ewing, Paterson, Phillipsburg and Vineland.

New Jersey is still waiting for recreational marijuana to be legalized. But the state's medicinal pot program has been expanded.

New Jersey's top doctor says substance abuse disorders and suicides in the Garden State are linked, and it will take a community effort to stop it.

Health department has 146 applicants from 106 organizations to assess as it awards licenses for six new medicinal marijuana operators.