In Cities Where It Once Reigned, Heroin Is Disappearing

By artappraiser on Sun, 05/19/2019 - 8:55pm |

Fentanyl is killing so many longtime drug users, especially older African-Americans in cities like Baltimore, that many are now pining for less-deadly heroin, which is increasingly hard to find. A harrowing, dystopian piece by the great @abbygoodnough: https://t.co/7wDe30ETAw
— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) May 20, 2019

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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/18/health/heroin-fentanyl-deaths-baltimore.html

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"In NH, which did not have a robust heroin market until the painkiller-fueled crisis of the past decade, the drug has almost completely vanished. Only four of the 397 opioid deaths in New Hampshire last year involved heroin, according to preliminary data; 363 involved fentanyl."
— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) May 20, 2019