Heroin use spreads to suburbs

By Matt Connolly

Published December 4, 2012 5:00am ET

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Heroin use spreads to suburbs — Heroin confiscated earlier this year by authorities in Kentucky, who have seen an upsurge in heroin trafficking after cracking down on pain pill abuse. (AP Photo/Brett Barrouquere) | Brett Barrouquere

When Toni Torsch found out about her son’s heroin addiction, she couldn’t believe it. Not here, she thought.

“You don’t think that it comes to the suburbs,” she said. “I guess I had blinders on.”

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