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Online Petition Seeks To Quarantine Heroin Addicts

An online petition is calling on Ohio to quarantine heroin addicts. Nearly 6 thousand people have signed the petition at change.org urging Governor John Kasich declare a state of emergency, calling the state's heroin overdose epidemic a public health crisis. Supporters say the declaration would make grants available to set up so-called "recovery camps" where addicts would receive three months of mandatory treatment. Opponents cite the cost, and say a quarantine is not the answer to the problem. The petition was launched in Akron, where several people recently died of overdoses in one day

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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