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.
The CDC on Tuesday underscored the importance of naloxone, better known as Narcan, in the nation's fight against the severe heroin and opioid usage problem.
JSAS Healthcare is continuing its Opioid Overdose Prevention Project with free Narcan (naloxone) kits and training for families in Ocean and Monmouth Counties.
The training is open to anyone who is at risk of an opioid overdose themselves or to people whose family members or friends are at risk...
The Ocean and Monmouth County Prosecutors' Offices have announced a new partnership in the fight to stem the rising tide of heroin and opiate overdose deaths.
From now on, hospitals within the Meridian, Barnabas, and CentraState systems will provide free refills for the naloxone (Narcan) kits police officers use to bring patients back from the brink of death...
Monmouth County law enforcement officials announce a total of 100 deployments of the opiate antidote Narcan since the program began 8 months ago. The prosecutor's office said all but 10 overdose victims were saved since first responders were given the nasal spray...
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.