Free Narcan Available In Camden County Amid Addiction Battle

CAMDEN COUNTY, NJ — The opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone (commonly called Narcan) will be available for free to residents without a prescription at participating pharmacies throughout Camden County from Sept. 24-26 as part of a statewide effort to combat the opioid crisis.

“Camden County residents can anonymously obtain two doses of naloxone at no cost to them, without an appointment or a prescription,” Camden County Freeholder Carmen Rodriguez, liaison to the Camden County Department of Health and Human Services, said. “As we battle this epidemic, the ability to quickly administer naloxone is the difference between life and death for an individual in distress.”

Naloxone blocks the opioids’ impact on the brain, thus reversing the effects of an overdose, officials said. Those who obtain naloxone will also be given information regarding addiction treatment and recovery. The naloxone will be distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis while supplies last.

Camden County pharmacies that will be participating include:

• Riteaid, 375 White Horse Pike in Waterford Township;
• Sav-On Pharmacy, 100 N Black Horse Pike in Audubon;
• CVS, 1 West White Horse Pike in Berlin;
• Riteaid, 2 S. Black Horse Pike in Gloucester Township;
• Bell Pharmacy, 1201 Haddon Avenue in Camden;
• Doganieros Pharmacy, 1552 Mt. Ephraim Avenue in Camden;
• Farmacia Sunray, 2500 Federal Street in Camden;
• Riteaid, 2 South Broadway in Camden;
• Riteaid, 1426 Mt. Ephraim Avenue in Camden;
• Walgreens, 2626 Federal Street in Camden;
• Riteaid, 823 Cooper Landing Road in Cherry Hill;
• Shoprite Pharmacy of Garden State Pavilion, 2230-40 Route 70 West in Cherry Hill;
• Shoprite Pharmacy of Laurel Hill, 1224 Blackwood/Clementon Rd in Gloucester Township;
• Shoprite Pharmacy of Chews Landing 1200 Chews Landing Road in Gloucester Township;
• Shoprite Pharmacy of Lawnside, 130 White Horse Pike North in Lawnside;
• CVS, 24 S. Black Horse Pike in Mount Ephraim;
• Riteaid, 4902 Westfield Avenue in Pennsauken;
• Walgreens, 4601 Westfield Avenue in Pennsauken;
• Sav-On Pharmacy, 501 East Evesham Rd in Runnemede;
• Sav-On Pharmacy, 515 Berlin Cross Keys Rd in Gloucester Township;
• Shoprite Pharmacy of Sicklerville, 542 Berlin Cross Keys in Winslow Township;
• Walmart, 1 Coopertowne Blvd in Somerdale;
• Kennedy Pharmacy, 42 E. Laurel Rd. in Stratford;
• Medilink Rxcare, 709 Haddonfield-Berlin Rd in Voorhees;
• Sav-On Pharmacy, 700 Haddonfield-Berlin Rd in Voorhees; and
• Shoprite Pharmacy of Berlin, Route 73 & Minck Avenue in Berlin Township.

For other participating pharmacies throughout the state, visit nj.gov/humanservices/stopoverdoses.

For information regarding any of the county’s other addiction services and programs, contact the Office of Mental Health & Addiction at 856-374-6320 or visit camdencounty.com.