Jersey City ACME Stores To Sell Heroin Overdose Medication ‘Narcan’

HUDSON COUNTY, NJ — Pharmacies in ACME supermarkets throughout New Jersey – including two Jersey City stores - will sell the opioid overdose medication Naloxone prescription-free, the company announced Monday.

According to the company news release, Naloxone, which is sold under the name Narcan, counteracts the effect of heroin, fentanyl and other opioid-related overdose drugs. Each 4mg dose is administered as a spray through the nostrils. It is not a substitute for emergency medical care.

ACME pharmacies in Pennsylvania also sell Narcan. Adding the chain's New Jersey locations brings the total number of stores it is available at to 96. The chain has 178 stores in throughout the tri-state area and East Coast.

There are ACME stores with pharmacies in Jersey City on 18th Street and Route 440.

“The opioid and heroin epidemic cannot be ignored,” said Debi Strunk-Ross, Patient Care Services manager for ACME Markets. “By stocking Narcan nasal spray in our pharmacies, we hope to give our communities — the family, friends, loved ones and caregivers of those struggling with addiction — a tool that might help prevent the avoidable loss of a loved one.”

ACME is the latest New Jersey business to sell Narcan over the counter. CVS began selling it in 2015 and Walgreens started last year.

Photo: Narcan — Courtesy of Adapt Pharma

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