opioids

A global consulting firm accused of helping to fuel the opioid epidemic through aggressive marketing ideas for prescription painkillers has entered into a settlement with New Jersey and 46 other states.

Mandatory rehab after Narcan saves. Mobile vans to transport people from police bookings to treatment. Bringing substance-abuse experts on police ridealongs.

A Sussex County man just released under the state's pandemic early-release law was back in jail the same day.

After a spike that began last November and continued through the spring peak of the pandemic, opioid-related deaths declined in the June to August period.

Prosecutors say police scuttled a million-dollar opioid facility being run out of an Amazon driver's apartment, confiscating numerous luxury items including a 40-foot yacht.

Opioid-related deaths have risen year-over-year for eight straight months in New Jersey – but the 4% increase in June was the smallest in that stretch.

As medical teams have been uprooted from normal routines to meet the critical demands of COVID-19, elective surgeries have been postponed in New Jersey until further notice.

Antoinette King pleaded guilty in July to second-degree child endangerment.

The opioid abuse epidemic continues to rage in New Jersey but there are hopeful signs the Garden State may finally be starting to turn the corner to recovery.

Carole Johnson, commissioner of the state Department of Human Services, said the giveaway is not just for people who have a friend or relative who’s a drug addict.