New Milford Police Revive Man With Narcan: Prosecutor

NEW MILFORD, NJ — Borough police revived a 36-year-old man with Narcan Tuesday, said Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal.

The man's life was one of three law enforcement personnel saved Tuesday using Narcan, an over-the-counter drug designed to reverse heroin and other opiate overdoses. Lodi and Oakland police also saved lives using the drug.

Gerwal's office posted about the saves on Twitter as part of a social media campaign regarding fatal drug overdoses in the county and information about the lives saved with Narcan.

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Twitter posts relating to the campaign have the hashtag #StopTheODs. Posts also include a map of where the most recent Narcan saves, or fatal overdose, occurred. A running tally of the number of live saved and the number of people who died are also included.

Sixty-eight lives have been saved with Narcan and 12 people have died from drug overdoses, according to the latest information from the prosecutor's office.

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