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Stronger Illegal Opioids Showing Up in Northeast Ohio

Photo credit: DEA website
Photo credit: DEA website

The opioid epidemic has a far reaching scope that touches nearly ever corner of the Northeast Ohio community.  But beyond the scope, the epidemic is ever-changing with new, more powerful drugs forcing their way into neighborhoods.

 

Tom Gilson, MD, Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner  
Det. James Larkin, Lorain County Drug Task Force  
Doug Rohde, Supervisor of Chemistry & Toxicology, Lake County Crime Lab  

Leigh Barr is a coordinating producer for the "Sound of Ideas" and the "Sound of Ideas Reporters Roundtable."