Herointown, N.J.: The state’s heroin crisis in 9 startling statistics

184,038 Number of patients admitted to New Jersey substance abuse treatment facilities for heroin or opioid abuse since 2010.

781 Number of heroin-related deaths in New Jersey in 2014, the fourth straight year the state saw an increase

By Stephen Stirling | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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on December 15, 2015 at 6:38 AM, updated December 15, 2015 at 7:59 AM

The statistics on New Jersey’s heroin crisis are staggering, and paint a picture of a crisis that spreads far beyond overdoses and deaths.

Below are bullet points on just how far and wide heroin and opioid addiction reaches in the Garden State.

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