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US: 225+ heroin overdoses in 4 counties in 4 states in 1 week

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Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/.../supercharged-heroin-ohio-ind-ky-nj/89409942/

225+ heroin overdoses in 4 counties in 4 states in 1 week
USA Today Network Terry DeMio, The Cincinnati Enquirer 2:15 p.m. EDT August 27, 2016


CINCINNATI ? An overdose crisis in the past week has left police and emergency responders here drained and without clues.

It has also underscored that this region does not have resources to treat all of people addicted to opioids, including heroin...

...In other states just this week:

New Jersey. 29 people overdosed between Tuesday and Thursday in Camden on free samples of heroin marketed with a Batman stamp.
Indiana. 13 people overdosed Tuesday in Jennings County, about 60 miles north of Louisville. That includes fatality.
Kentucky. 12 people overdosed Wednesday in Montgomery County, about 100 miles east of Louisville.

A similar cluster of overdoses occurred Aug. 15 in Huntington, W.Va., where 27 people overdosed within five hours, one fatally...
 
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