Camden County, NJ, officials are touting a report that found a 39% drop in overdose deaths there compared to this time last year.
A newly released report claims, in the first half of 2024, Camden County, New Jersey has seen a 39% drop in overdose deaths compared to the same time last yearWith 2024 about half over, a new report has found that Camden County has seen a significant drop -- nearly 40% -- in overdose deaths over the same time last year.
Along with this statistic, Camden County officials claim they have seen fewer administrations of the overdose drug Naloxone -- 511 uses of the drug in 2024 over 851 at this same point in 2023 -- and an overall continual drop in deadly overdoses as the county saw 354 drug related deaths in 2022, but a drop to 295 drug related deaths in 2023.
"This 39% drop in overdoses proves once again that investing in harm reduction measures and medically assisted treatment is the key to beating the opioid epidemic once and for all," Congressman Donald Norcross said in a statement."I'm proud of the efforts we've taken in Camden County to combat this epidemic, and I'll continue pushing in Congress to use the measures taken by the Camden County Addiction Awareness Task Force as a model for the rest of the nation.
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