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RAHWAY, NJ — A Rahway man admitted to dealing a batch of fentanyl-laced crack cocaine that killed three people and hospitalized numerous others in Union County during the span of one day late last year, acting Union County Prosecutor Michael A....

Naloxone kit (Free Press file photo) Amid the deadly opioid crisis sweeping ­London streets, police officers administered an overdose-­reversing drug nearly 100 times in ­seven months last year, new figures show.London police were equipped with the life-saving overdose medication naloxone last spring, joining many frontline emergency...

Brandy Cottrill is shown during a 2017 court appearance on charges related to Operation Big Oak. (Photo by Deanne Johnson) LISBON — Brandy A. Cottrill, a Operation Big Oak defendant, did not receive any additional prison time for her part helping with the drug ring. Cottrill, 27,...