Sequoia Recovery

Hoboken is a New Jersey city on the Hudson River. Its former industrial port now features parks such as a Pier A Park, with Manhattan skyline views. As of the 2016 United States Census, Hoboken has a population of 54,379 making it the fourth-most densely populated city in the United States. The population of Hoboken, New Jersey is 72.2% White, 15.3% Hispanic and 8.67% Asian. In Hoboken, NJ 10.5% of the population for whom poverty status is determined live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 14%. The largest demographic living in poverty is Male 18-24, followed by Female 18-24 and then Female 25-34. The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Hoboken, NJ is White followed by Hispanic and then Asian.

For some New Jersey counties, heroin abuse has been a major factor in a steep increase in a drug abuse case in recent years. In Hoboken city, the number of overdoses has doubled since 2014. However, city enforcement and medical personnel are working closely together to combat the storm of death caused by heroin and opioids. Since 2015 Law enforcement officers in Hudson County began using Narcan– a naloxone-based nasal spray used to reverse the effects of opioids. Since then, municipalities have not only seen an uptick in deployments, but also an increase in the number of lives saved.