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Sergeant: ‘Heroin Is Coming To Our Region’

MADISON, Wis. — Dane County narcotics agents tell WISC News 3 they are seeing an increasing number of heroin overdoses this year.

Many of those overdosing are teens or college students.

Michael Waupoose is the program director at the University of Wisconsin’s Health’s Gateway Recovery program. There, counselors deal with many caught up in a risk taking culture.