Heroin

Trial looms for three Atlantic City men, charged with first-degree strict liability homicide for the deaths of two heroin-and-fentanyl overdose victims last May.

New Jersey has joined with other states in suing an Arizona drug company behind a powerful opioid-fentanyl painkiller spray.

Carter Stone overdosed on heroin and died inside his Ventnor home at the age of 32. In an attempt to make even the smallest dent in the problem, the family held nothing back in his obituary.

Gov. Chris Christie fired back Wednesday after Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto criticized him for redirecting unspent funds that had been budgeted for Tuition Aid Grants and preschool expansion to instead pay for opioid programs.

A new effort is moving forward to help prevent New Jersey’s high school athletes from getting hooked on prescription painkillers.

As Gov. Chris Christie’s campaign to address New Jersey’s opioid abuse crisis continues, a second round of advertising for the state’s REACH NJ website and call center has been launched.

A new poll finds most people in New Jersey and across the nation believe the ongoing opioid abuse epidemic is something to be concerned about.

When it comes to the opioid addiction crisis, the difference between men and women is a matter of life and death.

President Donald Trump on Thursday declared the national opioid crisis a "national emergency" after a drug commission led by Gov. Chris Christie called on his administration to do so.

The Senate will schedule a vote to prevent Gov. Chris Christie from shifting oversight of addiction and mental-health services to the Department of Health.