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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 2000
Page
6
The report shows heroin overdoses rising in Portland area and King County with many deaths uncounted due to personal crisis classifications. CDC notes growing heroin involvement nationwide, citing 1994 to 1998 DAWN data of over 20 thousand drug related deaths and a 25.7 percent rise.
CDC and state studies show heroin overdoses increasing in U S cities in the 1990s with Seattle and Portland marked by sharp rises. Multnomah County deaths rose from 46 in 1993 to 111 in 1999, with 87 percent among men, while Seattle area climbed from 47 in 1990 to 110 in 1999.
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