St. Louis County police target heroin deaths

Posted 3/2/15

CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — The St. Louis County Police Department is rolling out a new education initiative in response to a spate of heroin-related deaths in the region. KWMU-FM (bit.ly/1K77eZ3 ) reports …

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St. Louis County police target heroin deaths

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CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — The St. Louis County Police Department is rolling out a new education initiative in response to a spate of heroin-related deaths in the region.
KWMU-FM (bit.ly/1K77eZ3 ) reports that a detective assigned to the new effort will focus on public education while working with treatment and advocacy groups. The National Council of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse-St. Louis Area says the county has had at least 90 overdose deaths in each of the past three years and has seen a 90 percent increase in heroin-related deaths since 2007. The group is behind a musical anti-heroin commercial seen locally during the Super Bowl.

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