Prescription-Free Narcan Now Sold at Your Local Acme Pharmacy

OLD BRIDGE, NJ - Starting Monday, pharmacies in 57 Acme supermarkets across New Jersey are now selling Narcan nasal spray without a prescription. And two of them are near you: At the Acme on Rt. 9 in Old Bridge and the Sav-On pharmacy on Newman Springs Road in Lincroft.

Previously, Narcan and its generic naloxone could only be administered by the police or EMS, in order to bring someone back who had overdosed on heroin or another opiate. But now, through a state-wide standing order, residents can obtain Narcan without a prescription from the pharmacy in any Acme in New Jersey.

The CDC estimates that 78 people die every day from an opioid-related overdose in the U.S. And naloxone has saved 26,463 lives nationwide over the past 20 years.

“The opioid and heroin epidemic cannot be ignored,” said Debi Strunk-Ross, a patient care services manager at Acme. “By stocking Narcan in our pharmacies, we hope to give our communities a tool that might help prevent the avoidable loss of a loved one.”

However, Narcan is not a substitute for emergency medical care, she added.

Every Acme in New Jersey with a pharmacy will stock Narcan nasal spray, as well as Sav-On, which is owned by Acme. The stores are:

Acme Pharmacy #237 281-295 Ferry Street Newark, NJ 07105

Acme Pharmacy #294 5100 Wellington Ave Ventnor City, NJ 08406

Acme Pharmacy #295 5 Ortley Plaza Ortley Beach, NJ 08751

Acme Pharmacy #780 2007 Route 35 Wall Township, NJ 07719

Acme Pharmacy #1054 136 Lake Ave. Midland Park, NJ 07432

Acme Pharmacy #1058 125 Franklin Turnpike Mahwah, NJ 07430

Acme Pharmacy #1065 2160 Lemoine Ave Fort Lee, NJ 07024

Acme Pharmacy #1069 520 Chestnut Ridge Rd. Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677

Acme Pharmacy #1077 123 East Main St - Suite 1 Denville, NJ 07834

Acme Pharmacy #1083 125 18th Street Jersey City, NJ 07310

Acme Pharmacy #1092 321 Route 440 Jersey City, NJ 07305

Acme Pharmacy #1095 45 De Mercurio Drive Allendale, NJ 07401

Acme Pharmacy #1096 801 Kenilworth Boulevard Kenilworth, NJ 07033

Acme Pharmacy #1097 907 Oak Tree Road South Plainfield, NJ 07080

Acme Pharmacy #1099 5774 Berkshire Valley Rd. Oak Ridge, NJ 07438

Acme Pharmacy #1582 550 Myrtle Ave Boonton, NJ 07005

Acme Pharmacy #1764 510 Valley Road Montclair, NJ 07043

Acme Pharmacy #1777 481 River Rd Edgewater, NJ 07020

Acme Pharmacy #1782 1060 Raritan Road Clark, NJ 07066

Acme Pharmacy #1787 455 Route 23 North Sussex, NJ 07461

Acme Pharmacy #1851 152 Route 94 Blairstown, NJ 07825

Acme Pharmacy #1852 199 Kinderkamack Rd. Park Ridge, NJ 07656

Acme Pharmacy #1856 19-21 Ave At Port Imperial West New York, NJ 07093

Acme Pharmacy #1893 4100 Park Ave Weehawken, NJ 07086

Acme Pharmacy #1991 80 New Bridge Rd Bergenfield, NJ 07621

Acme Pharmacy #1992 75 Mayhill St. Saddle Brook, NJ 07663

Acme Pharmacy #2649 800 West Avenue Ocean City, NJ 08226

Acme Pharmacy #2820 530 Route 515 Vernon, NJ 07462

Acme Pharmacy #2823 990 Shrewsbury Ave. Tinton Falls, NJ 07724

Acme Pharmacy #2827 3500 Route 9 Old Bridge, NJ 08857

Sav-on Pharmacy Dept. #7831 212 New Road Somers Point, NJ 08244

Sav-on Pharmacy Dept. #7833 301 South Main Road Vineland, NJ 08360

Sav-on Pharmacy Dept. #7835 2087 Shore Road Ocean View, NJ 08230

Sav-on Pharmacy Dept. #7852 4454 Black Horse Pike Mays Landing, NJ 08330

Sav-on Pharmacy Dept. #7855 3845 Bayshore Road N. Cape May, NJ 08204

Sav-on Pharmacy Dept. #7858 425 US Hwy. 9 South Tuckerton, NJ 08087

Sav-on Pharmacy Dept. #7890 11 Court House South Dennis Cape May Court House, NJ 08210

Sav-on Pharmacy Dept. #7908 18 Broadway Browns Mills, NJ 08015

Sav-on Pharmacy Dept. #7914 4400 South Broad Street Yardville, NJ 08620

Sav-on Pharmacy Dept. #7919 953 Route #33 Hamilton Square, NJ 08690

Sav-on Pharmacy Dept. #7920 857 Route 45 (Woodstown) Pilesgrove, NJ 08098

Sav-on Pharmacy Dept. #7924 329 Speedwell Avenue Morris Plains, NJ 07950

Sav-on Pharmacy Dept. #7926 2091 Rt. 130 North Willingboro, NJ 08046

Sav-on Pharmacy Dept. #7927 690 Millbrook Ave. Randolph, NJ 07869

Sav-on Pharmacy Dept. #7931 100 Black Horse Pike, Suite A Audubon, NJ 08106

Sav-on Pharmacy Dept. #7932 616 Newman Springs Road Lincroft, NJ 07738

Sav-on Pharmacy Dept. #7943 1619 Center Square Road Swedesboro, NJ 08085

Sav-on Pharmacy Dept., 515 Berlin-Cross Keys Road Sicklerville, NJ 08081

Sav-on Pharmacy Dept. #7961 260 Dunns Mill Road Bordentown, NJ 08505

Sav-on Pharmacy Dept. #7963, 300 S. Lenola Rd Maple Shade, NJ 08052

Sav-on Pharmacy Dept. #7964 175 Route #70 Medford, NJ 08055

Sav-on Pharmacy Dept. #7970 631 Mantua Ave. Woodbury, NJ 0809

Sav-on Pharmacy Dept. #7982 531 High St. Mt. Holly, NJ 08060

Sav-on Pharmacy Dept. #7992 700 Haddonfield-Berlin Road Voorhees, NJ 08043

Sav-on Pharmacy Dept. #7994 415 Egg Harbor Road Sewell, NJ 08080

Sav-on Pharmacy Dept. #7995 251 North Broadway Pennsville, NJ 08070

Sav-on Pharmacy Dept. #7998 501 East Evesham Road Runnemede, NJ 08078

Acme previously sold prescription-free naloxone in its Pennsylvania stores only. They are now expanding to New Jersey. CVS started selling naloxone without a prescription in 2015, and Walgreens began doing so last year.