Cocaine No Longer Drug of Choice in Butler County

Published July 3, 2013

Cocaine no longer drug of choice in Butler County
The reason for the skyrocketing heroin addiction is largely a matter of economics, according to police. “Cocaine is too expensive. So is Oxycontin, and that's hard to get. So now it is heroin out there, because it's cheap,” said Lt. Mike Craft, of the … Read more on Hamilton Journal News (subscription)

Painkiller overdose deaths grow among state women
These painkiller overdoses killed four times more people than cocaine and heroin overdoses combined in 2010. Oklahoma's numbers. Oklahoma overdose death rates are growing faster than national rates. … It's hard to pinpoint why Oklahoma ranks so high … Read more on NewsOK.com