Free Naloxone In Morristown, Morris Plains This Week

MORRIS PLAINS, NJ—Several Morris County pharmacies are giving away free naloxone this week, including Sav-On Pharmacy in Morris Plains and Rite Aid on South Street in Morristown.

The NJ Department of Human Services is making the opioid overdose reversal drug free at participating pharmacies from Sept. 24 through Sept. 26. No insurance, prescription, payment or name is required to pick up the medication. The naloxone will be distributed on a first come, first served basis, and is limited to one per person. Here is who has signed up to participate:

• Acme Pharmacy, 550 Myrtle Ave., Boonton
• CVS, 255 Rte 46, Budd Lake
• Shoprite Pharmacy Of Greater Morristown, 178 East Hanover Avenue, Cedar Knolls
• Towne Pharmacy, 103 Ridgedale Avenue, Cedar Knolls
• Acme Pharmacy, 123 East Main Street, Denville
• Walgreens, 100 E Mcfarlan St, Dover
• Walmart, 40 International Dr S., Flanders
• Weis Markets, 293 Us Highway Rt 206 - Unit 1, Flanders
• CVS, 1105 Route 46, Ledgewood
• Robinson Drug Shop, 2 E. Main Street, Mendham
• Sav-On Pharmacy 329 Speedwell Avenue, Morris Plains
• Riteaid 213 South Street, Morristown
• Acme Pharmacy, 5774 Berkshire Valley Road, Oak Ridge
• Sav-On Pharmacy, 690 Millbrook Avenue, Randolph
• Shoprite Pharmacy Of Stirling, 1153 Valley Road, Stirling

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Naloxone is an opioid antagonist that rapidly reverses an opioid overdose. Naloxone attaches to opioid receptors and reverses and blocks the effects of opioids. Naloxone can quickly restore normal breathing to a person if their breathing has slowed or stopped but naloxone has no effect on someone who does not have opioids in their system. Naloxone can be administered by injection or, as most of the free kits in the giveaway, a nasal spray.

—with reporting by Russ Crespolini

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