Cheaper, Purer Heroin Draws More Bucks, Montco Teens Into Its Grasp

Cheaper, purer heroin draws more Bucks, Montco teens into its grasp
Countywide, the number of Bucks County residents admitted to publicly funded addiction treatment centers for outpatient admissions for heroin addiction rose by more than 40 percent, up from 347 in 2008-09 to 536 in 2011-12, the last year for which data …
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Heroin on the rise in Maine as state crackdown on prescription opiates paves
Heroin trafficking arrests have increased recently, as have admissions for opiate addiction treatment. “We're definitely seeing a huge spike,” Matt Cashman, supervisor of the Maine Drug … will lead to “a significant increase in [illegal] drug use …
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