'Bad Heroin' Blamed for 22 Deaths in Western Pennsylvania

Published January 29, 2014

'Bad heroin' blamed for 22 deaths in western Pennsylvania
Dr. Neil Capretto, the medical director at Gateway Rehabilitation Center — which has centers in Pennsylvania and Ohio — said more people in the western Pennsylvania region are using heroin now than ever before. "I call it 'the perfect storm,'" he …
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Heroin deaths throughout Western Pennsylvania put treatment centers on alert
The federal Drug Enforcement Administration in Pittsburgh set up a text-message hotline for people to report information about the heroin-fentanyl combo and overdoses. Anonymous messages to the DEA can be sent by texting to “Tip411,” or 847411.
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Ethics panel closes probe of Trey Radel
He had been caught purchasing the drug from an undercover police officer in Washington, D.C., the month before. The subpanel headed by … Radel had returned earlier this month from a stint in a Florida rehab center for alcohol addiction. He had …
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