Often we do not know what is going on in our area. Sometimes it takes things making the news to find out how serious drug dealings are. 
Coroner: Heroin use a ‘crisis’ in county
“The conviction on drug charges last week of the second of two men who ran a large-scale heroin and cocaine ring in Oshkosh brought to a close one chapter in the explosion of heroin abuse in Winnebago County. After a week’s worth of testimony and more …”
http://www.thenorthwestern.com/article/20120930/OSH0101/309300145/Coroner-Heroin-use-crisis-county
Sometimes it takes deaths like mentioned in the above trail and the coroner to get involved to bring the circumstances to light.
And this story shows that death can and does occur with heroin and cocaine use.
