heroin

Battle Creek Police Chief Jim Blocker and Calhoun County Sheriff Matt Saxton talked with WBCK's Tim Collins about a rash of drug-related deaths in the city.   They talked about efforts to track down what may be a "bad batch" of illegal heroin, and efforts pull together citizens and organizations to combat the problem...

Authorities are warning the public about the risks of heroin use, following a rash of overdoses. 14 people have overdosed on opiates in Calhoun County just in the past week, with four of them being fatal.  To combat this problem, all police officers in the county now carry a kit with the overdose antidote Narcan; the same drug that saved the life of a man on Monday after he overdosed in the bathro