7am News, Sports and Obits

Latest WGIL news
Click to play or
Right click and "Save Target As" to download
Click for Galesburg, Illinois Forecast
Home - Cancellations - Community Events - Contact Us - Mornings - News - Obituaries - Pictures - Programs - Special Events Audio - Sports - Weather
Springfield Police Note Increase in Heroin Use
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Springfield police say they're seeing an increasing heroin problem in the state's capital city.

The State Journal-Register reports Tuesday that Springfield Police Sgt. Donald Mumaw says the department has changed focus from working mostly with marijuana to cocaine. He says narcotics officers have learned that there have been more overdoses because heroin has become more potent.

Police say that last year they seized 362 grams of heroin worth $72,400. But Mumaw says police are still only seizing ``a minute amount'' of the drug.

Sangamon County chief deputy sheriff Jack Campbell says deputies noticed that some methamphetamine users switched to heroin in recent years. He says that's because new laws made it more difficult to buy pseudoephedrine, which is used to make methamphetamine.

(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
02 22 11 by Newsroom
News management powered by Xpression News

Click here for the WGIL News Archive

Click here for national news

The following provision applies to all visitors (which shall include persons and representatives of legal entities, whether such representatives are persons or digital engines of a kind that crawls, indexes, scrapes, copies, stores or transmits digital content). By accessing this Web site or digital service, you specifically acknowledge and agree that: (i) Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium; (ii) No Associated Press materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and non-commercial use; (iii) The Associated Press will not be held liable for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions therefrom or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof or for any damages arising from any of the foregoing; (iv) The Associated Press is an intended third party beneficiary of these terms and conditions and it may exercise all rights and remedies available to it; and (v) The Associated Press reserves the right to audit possible unauthorized commercial use of AP materials or any portion thereof at any time.