PORTLAND (AP) — Public health workers are handing out and putting up fliers warning drug users of potentially deadly heroin on Portland’s streets.
The city’s public health division has received tips about two types of heroin circulating the city that are highly potent and carry a high risk of overdose.
Police last week issued a warning about the heroin, saying two men had died of apparent overdoses since December, with 11 other people requiring treatment.
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