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Heroin: It's a guy thing

Posted at 1:35 PM on January 12, 2010 by Bob Collins (1 Comments)
Filed under: Crime and Justice, Health

Two area sheriffs held a news conference today to highlight a growing prevalence of heroin in the metro.

Twenty-two people died of a heroin overdose in 2009, a significant jump over the 14 who died in 2008. Almost all of those who died over that time were white men. Thirty-four of the deaths were men; 30 were white, according to Richard Stanek, the sheriff of Hennepin County. The largest increase was among people 36 to 45 years old.

Stanek was a guest this morning on MPR's Morning Edition.

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Looks like I picked a bad week to give up heroin...(grin)

Posted by Bob Moffitt | January 12, 2010 3:29 PM

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