'This is Unprecedented': 174 Heroin Overdoses in 6 Days in Cincinnati

(Chicago Tribune, Aug. 29) Cincinnati experienced a rash of overdoses that surged from 30 to 78 to 174, a number health officials called "unprecedented." They believe that a bad batch of heroin mixed with carfentanil, a tranquilizer used for large animals such as elephants. It's 100,000 times stronger than morphine. The drug has spread to neighboring areas of Indiana and Kentucky, and even New Jersey, totaling the number of victims to more than 225. READ MORE.