Reporter
A killer that doesn’t discriminate by gender, age or socioeconomic status is lurking in the tri-county area. Heroin, an opioid analgesic processed from morphine, has become a bitter pill for law enforcement and for the users and their families plagued by the devastating effects of its highly-addictive nature. “We’ve often talked about the fact that if you use this kind of drug you’re going to wind up in jail or dead. There are only two outcomes,” said Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman. “Once you’re addicted to it, once you’re on it, it is just one of the most difficult things to break away from.”
