NBC 15 – The Face of Heroin
Article Date:
November 16, 2011
REPORTER: Chris Woodard
Twitter: @cwoodardnews
It's dangerous and out of control. The heroin epidemic is exploding in southern Wisconsin and more and more innocent people are being put at risk.
Many people are finding themselves in harms way and those putting them there, those who find themselves sucked into the addictive downward spiral, are far from your stereotypical dirt bag druggie.
23-year-old recovering addict John Howard says, "It just keeps getting younger and younger."
"I always thought I had high morals," says 22-year-old recovering addict Alissa Curtis.