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How Concerned Are You About Growing Heroin Epidemic?
A North Atlanta High School student, who reportedly fell unconscious after returning from a bathroom last week, was observed with a syringe sticking out of his sock.
A North Atlanta High School student was arrested after a suspected drug overdose in a classroom last week according to a WSB TV report.
The news outlet reports that the student, who was observed with a syringe sticking out of his sock, told a responding EMS that he had taken "an opium with a syringe."
The student, who fell unconscious after returning from a bathroom at the Buckhead school, was charged with possession of heroin on a school campus. The incident is being investigated as a disciplinary matter according to Atlanta Public Schools.
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Last fall, a North Atlanta High senior died of an accidental overdose.
Heroin is destroying thousands of lives on a yearly basis across the United States and the number has been on the rise in many places. How much of a problem has this become in Atlanta and Buckhead?
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