The course for doctors and health workers seeks to educate on alternatives to opioids, ensure safer prescribing

Plans for mobile treatment centers, transportation to services, drug-sniffing dogs

Hundreds of pharmacies are participating in a state program to make free naloxone available without a prescription

The measure would increase fines and prison time for people caught with fentanyl

State officials want to hear from people on how best to use lawsuit funds

About eight people a day die of opioid overdoses in New Jersey

Xylazine is a powerful sedative approved for veterinary use

Health care workers, law enforcement, lawmakers discuss how to fight the devastating drug

Interview with Dr. Lewis Nelson, director of Division of Medical Toxicology at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

The US economy lost 301,000 jobs in January, ADP reports

New Brunswick-based Johnson & Johnson and three drug distributors have agreed to pay $26B to settle lawsuits

Settlement reached in lawsuits brought against Sackler family and Purdue Pharma

In New Jersey the number of drug overdose deaths went up 7.5% from September 2019 to September 2020.

Gov. Murphy's administration released data showing opioid-related overdose deaths have slightly increased. The state wants increased funding for treatment and prevention programs.

According to the Department of Human Services, the number of calls made to two mental health hotlines in the state went up 37% in April compared ...

On Tuesday, Union County expanded Operation Helping Hand, an addiction recovery program, to operate year-round, instead of just one week.

Gov. Phil Murphy announced Wednesday that deaths from opioid overdoses in New Jersey dropped in 2019, from 3,118 to 3,021.

Law enforcement responses to the crack and opioid-heroin epidemics are at the center of a new report from USA TODAY.

Paterson is looking to use funds from a $150,000 state grant and a separate federal grant to establish Opioid Response Teams that will respond to overdose calls.

Purdue Pharma made its first appearance in federal bankruptcy court Tuesday, as the company attempts to settle a tsunami of lawsuits brought by governments across ...