Spring 2018: Towns that dread sundown

Pennsylvania saw an 81 percent increase in hospital emergency department cases involving opioid overdoses in the 12 months leading up to last September. That rate of increase was the third highest in the country, behind only Wisconsin, where overdose cases went up 109 percent, and Delaware, where they went up 105 percent. MORE HERE.. 81%… … Read moreSpring 2018: Towns that dread sundown

Ohio city’s morgues are full, thanks to opioid crisis

Ohio city’s morgues are full, thanks to opioid crisis : The bodies are stacked high–from the floor to the ceiling. = This CNN story is focusing on Ohio–even a tidbit about a sheriff of Clermont County whose wife is a heroin addict. Police and officials have learned in the state that the drug addiction crisis … Read moreOhio city’s morgues are full, thanks to opioid crisis

Ohio city’s morgues are full, thanks to opioid crisis

Ohio city’s morgues are full, thanks to opioid crisis : The bodies are stacked high–from the floor to the ceiling. = This CNN story is focusing on Ohio–even a tidbit about a sheriff of Clermont County whose wife is a heroin addict. Police and officials have learned in the state that the drug addiction crisis … Read moreOhio city’s morgues are full, thanks to opioid crisis

JULY 4 OD’d NATION

Drug overdoses are suddenly exploding in at least three counties in Pennsylvania.. TOWNS THAT DREAD SUNDOWN. A cluster of more than 50 overdoses within 48 hours in Tioga, Lycoming and Clinton Counties prompted a warning Friday about potential lethal risks of heroin that could be laced with fentanyl and other synthetic opioids. A spokeswoman for … Read moreJULY 4 OD’d NATION