Phillip Seymour Hoffman's death connected to Pittsburgh

[diabeticman]

I have been trying to find an article to link this too and I can't but on the local news last night I caught the ending of a segment talking about how a lot of Heroin deaths have a common trace of Fentalyn (sp?) in the Pittsburgh area and there was question if this could be the same batch.


Has anyone else heard this or did I misinterpret the news segment.

[FarPoint]

1. That does not surprise me...

I have family in the Burg....they tell me that Pittsburgh has had several deaths from this strong heroin.This discussion came up upon the report of Hoffman's death.

[gelsdorf]

2. 22 Deaths in the Western Pa area from that batch

Unknown OD's that survived. At least 4 major busts within the last week. I don't understand the attraction myself, folks DIE from that shit

[FarPoint]

4. This drug is heartless.

The power is a companion to the Grim Reaper.

[Historic NY]

5. Not the drug but the druggist (dope dealer) that concocts and sells it...

they don't care. He is racking up a body count.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

7. That's not exactly a smart business model. NT

[Historic NY]

9. True but the promise the thrill of a lifetime.

[MrMickeysMom]

11. Yes… a surge in deaths from that Rush Limbaugh mix...

Of course, you'd have to trace the origins. We've had a heroin drug problem here for years that has been under-investigated, and more recently reported.

[madrchsod]

3. that stuff is as close to heaven as you can get without dieing.

i cannot imagine the effects when mixed with heroin. if that is the case and it is that widely distributed there `s someone who has an insider into the fentanyl supply chain .

[Orsino]

6. Misleading subject line in OP? n/t

[WilliamPitt]

8. Here

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2014/02/deadly_heroin_mixture_responsi.html

[dionysus]

10. fentanyl.. which is even stronger than heroin!