An overdose emergency spiked up in Louisville, Kentucky last week. There have been 52 overdoses reported within 32 hours.
Overdose deaths are caused mostly by "heroin" as reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is said to surpass painkillers that are prescribed.
A man pleaded not guilty for charges of heroin trafficking after doctors extracted 27 bags of heroin from inside a 51-year-old man. As much as 6 ounces of heroin was surgically removed, authorities said.
Eminem’s sister-in-law met her death after a heroine overdose. Her body was found at a mobile home somewhere in Detroit.
A couple in Ohio decided to mention heroin as the cause of its daughter's death, in order to spread awareness of the seriousness of substance abuse.
