Five heroin overdoses in five days in Madison
MADISON (WKOW) -- Madison police say there have been five heroin overdoses in the past five days.
Two happened Tuesday, one in the 1800 block of Hayes Road, and the second in the Woodman's parking lot on Milwaukee Street.
Police say that case involved a group of friends who took a road trip from Stoughton to Madison to buy heroin.
On Monday, police say heroin overdoses took place on Hamilton Street and likely on South First Street. Yet another occurred Friday on Horned Owl Court.
The City of Madison and Dane County have both allotted tens of thousands of dollars in their 2012 budgets to create an Opiates Task Force.