Leaders discuss heroin growth

Elected officials from across Hamilton County and the state gathered together at Noblesville City Hall to discuss a growing issue in the community on July 1. U.S. Rep. Susan Brooks (R-Ind.) and State Sen. Jim Merritt brought together those on the frontlines of the Indiana drug war, in order to discuss the state’s increased heroin epidemic.

“If society doesn’t see this as a problem they’re in for a huge wakeup call very soon,” Hamilton Country Sheriff Mark Bowen said.

Brooks began the discussion by telling the panel, “I want to learn from you all what you are seeing,” acknowledging that heroin is “not just a big city problem.”

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