State police ID lethal drug bands

WEST TRENTON — The New Jersey Regional Operations and Intelligence Center (ROIC) have identified three high highly lethal barnds of drugs identified by unique stamps, which are responsible for six recent overdose deaths.

Wax folds containing heroin are typically stamped with text, images, or both. The potentially lethal drug stamps found in New Jersey are labeled, Power Hour, Taliban, and Strike Dead.

Laboratory analysis on these particular drug stamps revealed highly potent and dangerous drug combinations not typically seen. Some of the drugs found within these wax folds will not respond to the administration of Narcan, which is used by law enforcement and first responders to prevent opioid-induced fatal overdoses, police said. Some of these brands contain no heroin at all, and users may not be aware of what drugs they are consuming, according to police

“Nothing less than an all-out, multi-disciplinary approach will suffice to address the crisis of heroin abuse in New Jersey that is destroying lives and ripping apart our families and communities,” Acting Attorney General Hoffman said. “The Drug Monitoring Initiative is a common sense, life-saving program that sounds the alarm when we identify lethal drug brands being peddled on our streets.”