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EDITORIAL CARTOON: How many more overdoses will it take?

EDITORIAL CARTOON: How many more overdoses will it take?
Posted at 2:21 PM, Aug 25, 2016
and last updated 2016-08-25 14:23:24-04

The heroin epidemic in our region reached a new height with more than 60 people overdosing in Cincinnati in the span of two days.

Those numbers don't even taken into account other heroin overdoses in surrounding communities. The overdoses are linked to a new batch of heroin mixed with other chemicals such as fentanyl.

How many more will overdose in the coming days? And what action will be taken to end the epidemic?