Heroin

Drug users beware: overdose deaths have spiked in New Jersey because of a synthetic opioid that's being mixed with other drugs.

More people died from opioid overdoses in Camden County last year than from homicide and motor vehicle crashes combined.

Volunteers throughout the state will be going door to door to spread the word.

Cape May county is fighting back against its opioid abuse epidemic that places the county third-worst in the state.

The vast majority of New Jerseyans consider opioid addiction to prescription pain medication to be a “serious problem” in the state and in their own communities.

New data from the CDC shows the opioid abuse epidemic is claiming more lives than ever before in America. But the problem is especially alarming in New Jersey.

Two New Jersey men stopped on I-80 in Nebraska were found to have 118 pounds of fentanyl in their car, or enough to kill 26 million people, according to U.S Attorney Joe Kelly.

According to Dr. Sean McMillan, who performed the state’s first and second opioid-sparing shoulder surgeries with the approved drug, if patients can go a day or two without relying on opioids, the odds are slim they’ll need pain pills at all.

The man accused of delivering the heroin to a 15-year-old girl who overdosed and died had bragged about getting her addicting, leaving a father heartbroken and a community looking for answers.

Police advised those with friends and relatives who are users to have naloxone at the ready and try to ensure that the user or their friends are carrying the antidote.