narcan

Add State Fish & Wildlife Officers to the list of Ocean County's law enforcement community carrying the life saving antidote Narcan. Law Enforcement Bureau Division Chief, Colonel Mark Chicketano, accepted their first supply of Naloxone from the Ocean County Prosecutor's office today. Pr...

Since September, 237 residents in Ocean and Monmouth counties have learned how to use the nasal spray Naloxone, or Narcan, to prevent opioid overdose deaths.

If you know someone trapped in heroin addiction, a trip to Lakewood Friday evening could mean life or death.

Two health-related giveaways in southern Ocean County cover crises typically not covered by health insurance.

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. ...

Narcan has been instrumental in reversing more than 70 heroin overdoses in Ocean County since law enforcement started administering the life-saving nasal spray in April. However, with repeat saves now occurring, its limitations in the war on drugs is becoming apparent.

A sobering reality: Narcan doesn't always reverse heroin overdoses. That warning from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office following the recent death of a Wall Township man who police were unable to revive with the opiate antidote.

The reality of the Jersey Shore's heroin epidemic hit home following the death Wednesday of a 50-year-old Wall Township man, who police were unable to revive with the Narcan (Naloxone) antidote, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office.

The opiate antidote Narcan continues to help authorities revive heroin overdose victims in Ocean County, where the drug problem has become an epidemic.

You've heard about Narcan's ability to avert potential heroin overdose deaths. This Monday evening in Lakewood, families coping with addiction can obtain free Narcan kits to take home.