Prescription opioids are the single most dominant addiction threat facing the country. At one point they were killing more people per year than heroin and cocaine combined. In recent years, we’ve seen more and more New Jersey residents graduate for prescription opioids to heroin because prescription opioids got to be too expensive or scarce for users. This phenomenon is one…

For the past few years, a steady stream of “designer drugs” has been making its way through the United States — “molly” and “bath salts” are two good examples. In addition to all the other deadly illegal drugs on the streets, now residents have to watch out for this next wave of danger. “Flakka” is being blamed for deaths and…

New Jersey law enforcement is instituting unprecedented crack-downs regarding drug crimes in an effort to clean up the state. The battle to legalize marijuana continues while more and more teenagers and young adults in suburban middle-class neighborhoods are dying from heroin and prescription opioids. If you find yourself charged with a drug offense, particularly if you’re picked up for possession…

If it seems as though the cultural winds are shifting toward universal legalization of pot, New Jersey’s governor is choosing to ignore them. At an opening of a new addiction treatment facility in Manahawkin, the governor renewed his pledge to keep marijuana illegal in the Garden State, citing false and inflated tax revenue figures from legalization proponents. He also called…

When a police officer has cause to search you – or your belongings, including your vehicle – you have nothing to worry about if you haven’t done anything wrong. That only makes sense. However, what if the cop finds something – like drugs or a weapon – and you contend the goods don’t belong to you? What are your rights…