Heroin deaths appear to have driven up demand
By Sam Wood and Dwight Ott
Inquirer Staff Writers

If you want to make a killing in the heroin business, make sure a couple of customers die.

Bad heroin has killed at least nine people in Philadelphia and South Jersey since April 14, and dozens have been sent to emergency rooms, authorities said.

But the news has only driven up demand, as heroin users have flocked to drug corners looking for the powerful stuff.

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More posts regarding recent heroin deaths in NJ and Penn. (http://www.prisontalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=197983)

Lethal heroin kills two in Wilmington
Update 6:16 pm

By TERRI SANGINITI
The News Journal
04/25/2006

Lethal heroin, responsible for a spate of deaths in Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania during the past week, has killed two people in Wilmington in the past 24 hours.

Authorities are warning the public of the risk and urging them to avoid heroin, an illegal and highly addictive narcotic.

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Talk about stinking thinking! And people think their love will stop someone with a thought process like this?

Junkies seek out deadly batch of heroin

As warnings spread, East Coast addicts eager to play ‘Russian roulette’

CAMDEN, N.J. - After Ellen Krips' cousin died of an overdose of extremely potent drugs last week, the heroin addict's first thought was not how she could avoid the bad junk.
It was more like: I have to get some of that stuff.

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No kidding !!
This is a very good example of the power of addiction and how the addicted mind thinks, definitely scary stuff.