There were nearly 3,000 thousand overdose deaths reported in New Jersey between April 2020 and April 2021

While legalization is slated to go on the 2020 ballot, two other issues remain: medical marijuana and expungement of criminal records.

For now, the nation’s first legal overdose prevention center is on hold with New Jersey taking a keen interest in the outcome across the Delaware ...

It’s believed the votes were there in the Assembly, but in the Senate the sponsors were maybe three or four votes shy of the needed ...

In a memo, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has reversed Obama-era orders and he’s told federal prosecutors to charge offenders with the most serious provable ...

A controversial move that could boost state revenues while squeezing out drug dealers. Legalizing pot. Will it pass? A controversial reversal of criminal justice reforms. ...

Since bail reform went into effect Jan. 1, numbers show New Jersey's prison population decreased. But critics of changes say there was no data released ...

The Trumpcare package to repeal and replace Obamacare. What are its potential costs and consequences? Bedminister hosts the president. The honor of harboring Camp David ...

Two senators plan to introduce legislation that would detain people who committed unlawful possession of a firearm, which they see as a loophole to New ...

The Passaic River's poisoned. Could the guilty corporations be using federal bankruptcy laws to get out of paying for the cleanup? With anti-pollution regulations under ...

New Jersey among the top in the nation for shrinking its prison population. See how it's an example for the rest of America. It's been ...

New Jersey leads the nation in terms of lowering its incarceration rate, about 35 percent since 1999. There has also been a 38 percent drop ...

New Jersey's bail reform law, which goes into effect Jan. 1, virtually eliminates money bail that critics say keeps poor people sitting in jail. But ...

Bail reform may go down in flames even before it begins. Are the courts so broke they can't afford to follow the new law? The ...

While people under age 25 make up only 5 percent of Newark’s total HIV/AIDS infected population, that age group represents more than 25 percent of ...

Donald Trump takes the hard line on immigration. How does it play with the immigrant community? What to do about all those trucks using the ...

Stranded on the platform? Here's a Surprise! NJ Transit's cut late night train service on three separate train lines. The service cuts came with higher ...

The US Sentencing Commission is reducing the punishment for 6,000 offenders – many of them non-violent drug inmates. They’re due for release Nov. 1. Many ...

Power brokering after hours at the League of Municipalities conference. Treating heroin addicts. Do we have enough tools? Ebola quarantines suppressing aid volunteers. And ensuring ...

The Ocean County Prosecutor's Office has a pilot methadone project that offers heroin addicts who complete detox free entry into treatment.