A 2016 survey by the drug enforcement administration found black tar heroin sold in 12 western cities including san diego los angeles phoenix and denver nearly all of it from mexico.
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Symptoms were first attributed to drug intoxication for four patients.
Seven people in san diego have died in the last two months from a flesh eating bacteria associated with black tar heroin use according to health officials.
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San diego ap a flesh eating bacteria linked to the use of black tar heroin has killed at least seven people over the past two months in san diego county authorities said.
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Two received the opioid overdose reversal medication naloxone without improvement in symptoms.
The source of the black tar heroin in the san diego county deaths is not known the health department said.
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A 2016 survey by the drug enforcement administration found black tar heroin sold in 12 western cities including san diego los angeles phoenix and denver nearly all of it from mexico.
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All patients reported injecting heroin and seven used black tar heroin including subcutaneous injection in six patients.