Times in-Depth: Heroin's Deadly Return to Erie

Times In-Depth: Heroin's deadly return to Erie
The department in its most recent annual report said the number of people in Pennsylvania who had received a specific treatment for heroin addiction — detoxification using a drug called Buprenorphine — increased to 780 in 2010-2011 from nearly 500 in …
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Fears as drug deaths in North East region now the highest in the state
“It concerns me greatly that the numbers are so high in the North East – this may be linked to the difficulty drug users have in this area to access detoxification, especially residential treatment,” said Mr Mulligan. The figures show an increase in …
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