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Rising epidemic of heroin overdoses in Boston
By adamg on Fri, 02/20/2009 - 10:05am
The Urban Paramedic reports Boston is in one of its periodic upticks in which heroin addicts drop like flies:
... Every night for the past three weeks we've had at least one overdose, and on some evenings we've seen as many as four. It doesn't seem to be letting up. And we're not getting these calls only in Roxbury and South Boston, where heroin has always been a problem. This time around, we're seeing overdoses in practically every neighborhood. ...
He adds the cause could be either purer-than-expected heroin on the street or people simply shooting up more.
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I read the entire Urban Paramedic post, and felt like I'd learned something worthwhile.
Newspaper articles don't have to be as compelling as someone with an interesting job saying something about what it's like and sharing a surprising bit of info -- and really, important news tends to be dry -- but I should feel like I learned something worthwhile.
It sounds like a combo of both
street heroin that's purer than usual and increased use of the drug, at least in part due to the tanked economy.