Bergen Police Hit Important Milestone In Saving People ODing On Heroin And Opioids [MAP]

BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — Police have saved the lives of 102 people this year who have overdosed on heroin and other opioids using Narcan.

The latest people to be saved were a 29-year-old man in Dumont and a 27-year-old man in Paramus, the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office shared on its Twitter page Tuesday.

Although more than 100 lives have been saved, 22 people experiencing an overdose have died, information shows.

Zoom in to see where all of the reported heroin and opioid overdoses have occurred in Bergen County in 2017.

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The prosecutor's office releases information on its Twitter account — @BCPONJ — using the hashtag #StopTheODs whenever their personnel or local law enforcement administer Narcan to someone experiencing an overdose.

The campaign also uses the hashtag in posts designed to educate the public, especially children, about the various pathways to, and the perils of, heroin and opioid addiction.

The most recent post highlighted the use of Narcan in Lodi and Ridgefield Park.

RELATED: Bergen Prosecutor's Office Developing Heroin Recovery Coach Program

The prosecutor's office created an addiction coaching and recovery program to help users quit and is supporting a new task force developed by the Paramus Police Department and Care Plus NJ Inc. Those seeking recovery can turn themselves into the Paramus Police Station and will be connected with the services they need to get well.

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