Man Overdoses A Few Miles Away As Heroin Bust Is Announced In Akron

While law enforcement stood at a podium Friday in Akron announcing the end of another major heroin network, a few miles away another resident was overdosing.The irony was lost on no one.Steven Dettelbach, the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, had just finished telling reporters that the heroin trafficking indictments against 33 men and women represent just one side of the fight.Eradicating the buyer’s market for heroin is just as vital, he said, as eliminating the sellers.“While today’s action is about enforcement, today’s action is about catching the people who do this and sending them to jail, this is not an enforcement-only approach,” Dettelbach said, standing next to law enforcement officers from Akron and Kent.“Everybody up here understands that treatment and prevention also have to be part of any solution to this problem that we’re facing.