Duluth sees a growing problem with heroin

Duluth, which has acquired a reputation for synthetic drug use, has a growing problem with a drug that has been less in the news: heroin.

The Duluth City Council held an informational meeting about the heroin problem earlier this week. Duluth Police Chief Gordon Ramsay told the council that his department began seeing widespread heroin use in 2013, according to the Duluth News Tribune.

The Daily Circuit speaks with a representative of the Duluth Police Department about his city's growing heroin problem.

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