Heroin addiction

The heroin epidemic is making its way into the bathrooms of public libraries nationwide, including here in New Jersey, according to a report. The Associated Press cited New Brunswick, Middlesex County, where overdoses have taken place in library bathrooms.

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

The Opioid Overdose Prevention Project started a year ago in Central Jersey with funding from the New Jersey Division of Human Services, Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services, will continue and expand to North and South Jersey with an additional $1-million from the Governor's Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, according to a partner in the project.

Free Narcan and training is being offered to Ocean and Monmouth County residents as part of a community-focused overdose prevention project. The Narcan is being distributed through Neptune-based JSAS Healthcare, Incorporated. Ceo & Executive Director Ed Higgins said the state is funding this program through a handful of Opioid Treatment Program's (OTP's) Like his. ...