THE HEROIN EPIDEMIC CONTINUES TO ESCALATE IN BEAVER COUNTY. AUTHORITIES SAY THERE IS CURRENTLY A BAD BATCH HEROIN THAT IS CIRCULATING IN THE AREA. IN THE MEANTIME, HEROIN OVERDOSES IN THE COUNTY ARE ON THE INCREASE. BEAVER COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY DAVID LOZIER TOLD MIKE ROMIGH ON TELEFORUM THIS MORNING…THAT THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN TWO DOZEN DRUG OVERDOSES COUNTYWIDE JUST IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS…AND A COUPLE OF THEM HAVE BEEN FATAL. ABOUT HALF OF THOSE OVERDOSES – INCLUDING ONE FATALITY – OCCURRED IN BEAVER FALLS, ACCORDING TO POLICE CHIEF JOHN DELUCCA. THE BEAVER FALLS POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE BEAVER COUNTY DRUG TASK FORCE AND THE PENNSYLVANIA ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE DRUG TASK FORCE ARE INVESTIGATING TO FIND THE SOURCE OF THIS LATEST BATCH OF HEROIN.