penn north neighborhood. and that overdose, what we just saw -- >> every day. you missed three of them before that. it's a day to day occurrence here. >> reporter: we met up with local activist williama local drug dealer who is now working to save people from dying. he works with the health department to get to the hardest hit areas. >> overdose rescue city. >> reporter: miller now works for be more power, a local group that hands out narcan, the overdose antidote, free to anybody who wants it. how long do you see yourself doing this job? >> can't answer that. i'm teaching my daughter how important public health is right now, at 9 years old. so i really can't say how long i'll be doing it. it still needs to be done. >> he's an amazing guy. when you hear stuff like this, new jersey law enforcement busted a fentanyl operation that had 40 pounds of drugs, enough to kill the entire state of new jersey, it makes you think about how important the work that william miller jr. is doing, to take overdose deaths from heroin out of the realm of criminality, of stigma, and put them into the place of a public health crisis, because that's what this really is. so often in communities of color, th