Find Addiction Treatment in Ridgewood, NJ
Ridgewood, NJ is a village, located in Bergen County, with a population of 24,958, according to the 2010 Census. Ridgewood is located approximately 20 miles from Midtown Manhattan and is a suburban bedroom community of New York City.
Just like all of the other towns in Bergen County, Ridgewood has issues with alcohol and addiction. Alcohol seems to be the bigger problem in Ridgewood, but opioids are also a pretty big issue.
The Department of Law and Public Safety for the State of New Jersey has published some pretty remarkable statistics when it comes to opioids and overdose deaths. Bergen County has had 108 suspected overdose deaths since January 1st of 2020. They have had 400 Naloxone administrations and 173,536 opioid prescriptions dispensed. Looking at the statistics for Bergen County from 2013 to now.
The suspected overdose death number was 91 for 2013. That number went down in 2014 and 2015 and has steadily increased since then. In 2019, there were 162 overdose deaths. The number of Naloxone administrations went from 331 in 2015 to 768 in 2019. The number of opioid prescriptions dispensed has steadily declined since 2013. In 2013, 442,151 opioid prescriptions were dispensed. That number has gone down to 342,048 in 2019. (NJ Cares)
The Ridgewood, NJ school district has seen a drastic decrease in the number of drug and alcohol cases reported. This drop was the second-highest decrease among Bergen County school districts.
