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Sitting alone in a parked car at 8:01 pm Tuesday night at the Seaview Square Shopping Plaza was suspicious reason enough for two police detectives to approach the man inside.

Part of the three-day training helps officers identify when someone may be in withdrawal or using a substance.

Reports of an aggressive driver send Lacey police to the Wawa on Lacey Road in the Forked River section of the township Thursday night.

A new office is being created in New Jersey to fight the ever-growing opioid abuse epidemic.

An overdose death is avoided after the girlfriend of a man who was lying unconscious of a room at the Holmdel motor inn Friday night calls police who administer nasal naloxone.

State Police figures indicate the use of the overdose antidote naloxone has tripled in New Jersey since 2014. But one expert suggests that the actual use of naloxone is much higher.

Concerned about the ongoing opioid abuse epidemic, one New Jersey lawmaker is pushing a plan to require all prescription opioid pain medications to include a warning sticker.

Chronic pain sufferers have warned that treating all patients like potential addicts is a mistake.

Despite a widespread ongoing campaign to educate the public about the dangers of opioid abuse, a new survey finds many Garden State residents aren't getting the message.

Two Monmouth County residents are in a heap of trouble after they hid 1,200 bags of heroin and 22-grams of cocaine in their pickup truck in Middletown Wednesday.

Some anti-drug groups in New jersey are concerned efforts to fight the state's opioid abuse epidemic may shrink.

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School revamps its curriculum to better equip future physicians to deal with the growing opioid crisis.