The Camden County Police Department announced Thursday another string of overdose victims since the start of September who survived after officers administered Narcan.
CAMDEN -- The Camden County Police Department announced Thursday another string of overdose victims since the start of September who survived after officers administered Narcan.
Since the Camden County Police Department began using the anti-opioid medication in May 2014, authorities reported 130 lives have been saved.
More than 400 drug overdoses in the city have been reported by the Camden County Police Department this year, including 32 fatalities.
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The following incidents from the past two weeks were reported by police:
* Authorities responded Tuesday, Sep. 15 at 4:30 p.m. to 3rd and Spruce streets where a man was found unconscious inside a parked car.
Officers administered Narcan and the victim regained consciousness, according to police. He was taken to Cooper University Hospital for further treatment.
* Police responded to 6th and Spruce streets on Sept. 14 just after 6:30 p.m. where a woman was found unconscious and struggling to breathe behind an abandoned home in an alleyway.
The woman overdosed on heroin, according to authorities, and officers administered Narcan.
The woman began to regain conciseness and was transported to Cooper.
* Officers responded on Sept. 12 to the 600 block of Kaighn Avenue where a man was found unresponsive.
Police report that the man had overdosed heroin and was struggling to breathe. After administering Narcan, the man began to regain consciousness and was taken to Cooper.
* Authorities responded at 1 p.m. on Sept. 11 to the 100 block of Boyd Street where a man was found on the ground after suffering a drug overdose.
Police administered Narcan and he was transported to Cooper and regained consciousness.
* Officers assisted a man who was found unconscious in an alleyway in the area of 3rd and Ramona Gonzalez streets on Sept. 10 at 3:10 p.m.
Police administered Narcan and the man began to breathe normally again. He was taken to Cooper for further treatment.
* Authorities found a man struggling to breathe with his eyes rolled back on 5th and Line streets after experiencing an overdose on Sept. 9.
After using Narcan, the man regained consciousness and was taken to Cooper.
* Police responded Sept. 9 to the area of 8th Street and Carl Miller Boulevard where a man was not breathing after using heroin, according to authorities.
Officers administered Narcan and the man began to breathe again. He was taken to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital for treatment.
* A woman was found unconscious on 6th and Spruce streets on Sept. 7 just after 6:30 a.m.
Police administered Narcan and after paramedics arrived, she began to regain consciousness. The woman was taken to Cooper for treatment.
* Police responded just after 8 a.m. on Sept. 4 and saved two lives during two separate incidents.
The first incident occurred on St. John and Ramona Gonzalez streets where a woman was found face down on the ground, bleeding from the nose and unresponsive from heroin.
The woman was given Narcan, regained consciousness and was taken to Cooper for treatment.
By 11 a.m. another overdose was reported on the 800 block of Newton Street where a woman was found behind an abandoned home.
The woman was unconscious after using heroin and was not breathing, according to police.
The woman was also taken to the hospital for further treatment.
Police have issued public safety alerts regarding the dangers of narcotics in Camden.
Anyone with information on the distribution, sale or use of drugs is encouraged to contact the department's anonymous tip line at 856-757-7042.
For information on addiction prevention, recovery treatment and other resources for drug users, families, including crisis hotline numbers, visit the Camden County Addiction Awareness Task Force here.
If you need addiction help, call the hotline at 877-266-8222 or 9-1-1 in case of an emergency.
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