Heroin Abuse Cases In Asbury Park: How The Town Stands In NJ

ASBURY PARK – A number of New Jersey towns had a sizable number of heroin-abuse cases this past year as the opiate drug continues to be a pervasive problem in the state's cities and suburban areas.

New Jersey has released its annual list of heroin-abuse cases reported by each community, and Patch put together a list of the towns with the highest-to-lowest number of cases from the most recent year available, 2018.

Asbury Park area communities had cases and appeared on the list (see below).

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While some communities such as Newark routinely appear at the top of the list, others, such as Toms River, Berkeley Township and even Point Pleasant Beach, have an unusually high rate of abuse cases.

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The state statistics show how the drug has not only infested New Jersey's urban areas, but the more unlikely places where suburban stories of abuse have developed into a sad, profound narrative: Brick, Toms River, Lacey, Lower Township, Millville, Berkeley Township and Woodbridge.

The statistics were recently released by the Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services in the New Jersey Department of Human Services, and they're based on the number of people seeking treatment for heroin abuse.

The state Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services have cautioned that these numbers are reported by each community, so each jurisdiction is responsible for reporting its results fairly and accurately. Please note that Patch did not include towns that had no reported cases.

Here is the list of the Asbury Park area towns with cases per 1,000 people (the number indicates the number of cases per 1,000 people), as well as where the community ranked statewide out of 540-plus towns:

• 31st ASBURY PARK 14.34
• 119th POINT PLEASANT BEACH 6.99
• 126th BELMAR 6.82
• 193rd MANASQUAN 4.64
• 216th POINT PLEASANT BORO 4.10

Here is the list of communities and their total number cases, and the statewide number:

• 30th ASBURY PARK 227
• 118th POINT PLEASANT BORO 76
• 204th BELMAR 39
• 247th POINT PLEASANT BEACH 32
• 270th MANASQUAN 27