HeroinHighway

The

Summary of the

ABC7 Series

Baltimore, Maryland is one of the larger hot spots for buying and selling heroin.

The Heroin Highway begins in Baltimore on Highway 70 towards Hagerstown, to Interstate 81 into Martinsburg, West Virginia, and then continues into Virginia towards Winchester.

Kevin Simmers, a former Hagerstown police Sergeant who lost his daughter to a heroin addiction, stated that we need more money for treatment.

Demand for heroin has risen as a result of prescription painkillers.

Heroin is the easier and cheaper option.

Supply for heroin is heavily concentrated in Baltimore compared to anywhere else in Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia.

Virginia began raising awareness with a documentary called “Heroin - The Hardest Hit,”which focused on the nasty truth behind a heroin addiction.

According to the Hagerstown first responders there is a minimum of two overdoses every 24 hours.

Narcan has been used 122 times in 2013, 172 times in 2014, and rose to a total of 234 times in 2015.

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