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Warning to heroin users after deaths

Heroin users across the State are being urged to exercise extreme caution with the drug after three more people died as a result of overdosing on it over the weekend.

The three latest deaths occurred in Dublin and follow three deaths in Kilkenny last week.

The overdoses come as batches of “high quality” heroin have come into circulation following a heroin “drought” over Christmas and the new year, the Irish Needle Exchange Forum has warned.

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Source: Kitty Holland, The Irish Times, 15/02/2011

Posted by Andy on 02/15 at 11:26 AM in
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