PTSD is not on the list of approved illnesses that are able to obtain a medical marijuana prescription under state law. A panel of eight ...

A deal reached between Verizon and it's workers gives both sides a little. And landline customers a little too. The Atlantic City deal gives the ...

The Drug Enforcement Administration is partnering with New Jersey communities for its 11th National Drug Take Back Day April 30. Municipal police departments and area ...

It could be a blueprint for Congress -- New Jersey lawmakers quickly act on the governor's Supreme Court nomination. The state commissioner who would take ...

St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson boasts the busiest emergency room in the state and says it recently became the first emergency room in ...

Stemming the addiction crisis, starting in the emergency room. Where routinely prescribed opioid painkillers are being substituted with safer alternatives. Concerns about lead in the ...

Looking for answers about the controversial PARCC tests. Should doctors be required by law to warn patients just how addictive prescription opiate pain killers are? ...

Pending legislation to require doctors to discuss opiate addiction and offer alternatives aims to reduce the number of people addicted to painkillers and heroin.

Unreliable mail service has Clifton going postal. A new cold case squad Camden. A new start for schools there. And politics. Both sides now.

Pharmacies are offering Narcan and Naxolone, antidotes for narcotic overdoses, for a fee. Law enforcement officials in Ocean County also carry antidotes.

Heroin addictions are hitting suburbs hard, with an increase in deaths caused by the drug.