Heroin in Chicago at crisis level: Report says area's heroin problem may be worst in the nation - chicagotribune.com

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Heroin in Chicago at crisis level: Report says area's heroin problem may be worst in the nation - chicagotribune.com: "Heroin abuse in the Chicago area has gotten worse over the last decade, creating a crisis that is perhaps more extreme than anywhere else in the country, Roosevelt University researchers conclude in a new study.

The report, to be released Monday, finds that the area has seen an increase in people admitted to emergency rooms for heroin-related problems. It now has more than any other metropolitan area.

Other trouble signs include soaring overdose deaths in the collar counties, a high percentage of inmates at the Cook County Jail testing positive for heroin and an increase in the number of people injecting the drug."