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Free bags of heroin sicken at least 7 on West Side (Chicago)
Chicago Sun-Times ^
| 8-17-2005
| Annie Sweeney
Posted on 08/17/2005 1:15:00 PM PDT by Cagey
It was free but sickening.
Ambulances responded multiple times Tuesday to the same West Side neighborhood after at least seven people became ill after taking freebie bags of heroin, Chicago Police said.
Police think the heroin was being offered in the 1400 block of West Hastings.
Victims told authorities that they received free heroin in orange baggies and had taken it before getting sick. At least one victim was found passed out with his fists clenched, police spokesman Pat Camden said.
It's unclear what was wrong with the heroin, although one possibility is it was more pure than what the users were used to.
Offering free drugs is a common tactic that gangs use to lure new customers, he said. But Chicago Police wanted to warn potential drug users to be wary.
"It's the old adage,'' Camden said. "There ain't no free lunch.''
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: badheroin; drugs; freedrugs; freeheroin; heroin; poisondrugs; taintedheroin
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To: ShadowDancer
41
posted on
08/17/2005 1:50:16 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(Islam is merely Nazism without the snappy fashion sense.)
To: Lazamataz
Whiney addicts piss me off.
To: BipolarBob
How about a big bottle of Moxie?
Ouch that stuff was rough.
43
posted on
08/17/2005 1:52:19 PM PDT
by
Holicheese
(Would you like a beer? No thanks, I will have a bud light.)
To: Cagey
And the reason I should care? Let 'em face the consequences.
44
posted on
08/17/2005 1:52:22 PM PDT
by
Little Ray
(I'm a reactionary, hirsute, gun-owning, knuckle dragging, Christian Neanderthal and proud of it!)
To: Cagey
TANSTAFH*
45
posted on
08/17/2005 1:55:29 PM PDT
by
Constitution Day
(*There Ain't No Such Thing As Free Heroin)
To: Woman on Caroline Street
#42..Grow some love, will ya!....sheesh!
To: Guenevere
Read Lazamataz's profile before you tell ME to get some love.
To: Cagey
What a dilemma. Who do they sue?
48
posted on
08/17/2005 4:41:26 PM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
To: Cagey
Great idea to combat drug use though.
49
posted on
08/17/2005 4:45:31 PM PDT
by
knak
(The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing)
To: Woman on Caroline Street
#47..I've read it.
It's cool.
Don't insult Laz...he's a good guy!
To: Owl_Eagle
Never look gift horse in mouth.
51
posted on
08/17/2005 4:49:48 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Guenevere
Don't insult Laz...he's a good guy!
Yes, he is.
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