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A lifesaving drug program is set to expand across New Jersey.

As New Jersey continues to see a high rate of heroin-related deaths among young people, many parents seem to be ignorant of the epidemic, or perhaps in complete denial about their own child's drug use.

Last year there were 781 heroin-related deaths in the Garden State, and the scourge shows no sign of letting up.

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...

It appears a law signed in 2013 is prompting more calls to 911 in New Jersey.

New Jersey finally saw a drop in the number of overdose deaths last year. That news was delivered by the state's top law enforcement official. The chairman of the State Senate Health Committee said he was encouraged, but not satisfied.

The media was Toms River Police Chief Mitch Little's biggest fear when he was promoted from Captain to top cop of Ocean County's largest community a little over a year ago.

A male and female in a Lakewood home were successfully revived by township police with Narcan. Police say the 27-year-old Douglass Weber of Point Pleasant was discovered unresponsive in a kitchen and 43-year-old Jane Bowen of Toms River was found in the living room of an East County Line Road home Saturday, January 31 at 10:30 pm...

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...