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Heroin in pill form hits the streets

01/26/2016 8:56 am PST
WXIX
WXIX - "'"They are essentially chemically made,' Zoeller said. 'It's a lot easier to manufacture.'"

via WXIX:

CLARK COUNTY, Ind. -- (WXIX) -- A new trend is leading down a dangerous path. People think they are buying prescription pills to get high, but they are given something even more addictive.

"We'll be seeing this pretty soon and again it's the demand," Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller said Monday.

While they may look exactly like Oxycontin, Percocet or other addictive prescriptions, these new pills are heroin in disguise. If you were to take a close look at some of these pills, it would be difficult to know they're fakes.

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