Heroin

Hamilton Township police officers and EMT crews were busy Thursday as they responded to three heroin overdoses in one day, including one fatality.

With New Jersey’s prescription painkiller and heroin epidemic continuing to spiral out of control, one lawmaker is pushing a multi-pronged plan to help turn things around.

New Jersey 101.5 will present a special opiate town hall, live, this Thursday evening at 7 p.m.

Religious leaders are recruited for the fight against Jersey's heroin and opiate epidemic.

The opiate problem - including heroin -  in this country has exploded, and the problem is just as evident in Atlantic County - if not more so.

Law enforcement officials are concerned about the fact that there have been four heroin overdoses in Hamilton Township within the last few days.

According to Angelo Valente, executive director of the Partnership for a Drug Free New Jersey, heroin is cheaper and more powerful in New Jersey than in most other parts of the country.

A drug so powerful it can change your brain — forever.

A 2014 indictment charged 42 defendants total, including a heroin and cocaine supplier with ties to Mexican cartels, state officials said. Thirty-six defendants have pleaded guilty.

Before they were shooting heroin, they most likely were popping pills.