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Indiana officers taking more precautions around laced heroin

MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — Indiana police are being more careful when handling heroin because the drug is being increasingly laced with substances that can cause physical reactions or overdoses through incidental contact.

The Star Press reports that Delaware County Prosecutor Jeffrey Arnold says there are reports nationwide about emergency responders becoming ill from coming in contact with drugs.

Police in Muncie are often choosing to send seized substances directly to state laboratories for analysis instead of conducting preliminary field tests because of the risk of contact.

Jason Rogers is the county’s executive director of emergency medical services and emergency management. He says safety procedures for things such as searching for syringes and drug paraphernalia in a patient’s pockets have also been adjusted.

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1 comment

Come on people! June 5, 2017 at 2:39 pm

If you think what’s going on in that picture is okay then I have no sympathy for what happens to you.

That these drugs are being made more dangerous is an issue for the police not the idiots that pump them into their bodies.

Stay safe out there blue line.

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