OxyContin plays a role in heroin increase
Monday, October 31, 2005
Police are seeing younger heroin addicts, as well as many who have switched to heroin after using drugs such as OxyContin. OxyContin is an effective painkiller designed to help people in severe distress, said Anthony Pettigrew, spokesman for the U.S. D …
Heroin traffickers drive around laws
Monday, October 31, 2005
Police patrol Inman Square on Oct. 30, 2005, as reports of drug use flare in Cambridge. (Photo: Ken S. Kotch) Heroin is here, and it’s cheap. The people of Inman Square say they can see it every day, in the form of needles left in bathrooms, open-air d …