Comment on Columbus hit by 27 heroin overdoses in 24-hour span

In a 24-hour span that lasted into early Wednesday dealers across the city released a crushing dose of heroin into the city, choking the city’s safety forces. Authorities say 27 people had overdosed on heroin across the city on Tuesday into early Wednesday. It marked another tragic chapter in the heroin epidemic that has gripped the country and had safety forces and the city’s health officials issuing pleas for users to get treatment while at a loss on how to curb the problem.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};