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04/11/2012 04:22 PM

Nine overdoses in Dutchess County in the last week

By: Web Staff

Nine overdoses in Dutchess County in the last week

DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. -- Poughkeepsie Police are looking into an unusually high number of heroin overdoses.

Police say there have been nine overdoses in Dutchess County over the past week, some of which happened in Poughkeepsie.

Four of the overdoses are related to heroin sold in a packet with a "Rated R" stamp.

Everyone who overdosed was resuscitated.