Recently released statistics by the Ohio Departments of Health and Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services revealed that in 2011 the leading cause of illegal drug overdose deaths in Ohio was heroin.
Heroin is area's biggest drug problem
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City police Chief Dino Sgambellone spent more than five years fighting the heroin problem as commander of the METRICH Enforcement Unit. He knows there are no easy answers.
Drug abusers are also medical professionals
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LORAIN COUNTY — Half of the drug cases Detective Gregg Mehling sees with the Lorain County Drug Task force involved people in the health care industry. Since Jan. 1, 2010, he has investigated 43 healthcare professionals in Lorain County for drug abuse. Of those, 26 are nurses who are involved in theft of drugs or […]