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DEA plans largest heroin education effort ever on LI

Originally published: February 22, 2010 8:31 PM
Updated: February 22, 2010 8:56 PM
By ANDREW STRICKLER  andrew.strickler@newsday.com

Quick ReadA series of Drug Enforcement Agency-led heroin symposiums are the agency's largest public education effort ever on Long Island.

Media videographers film heroin in packets at Nassau

Photo credit: Newsday File / Kevin P. Coughlin | Media videographers film heroin in packets at Nassau County Police Headquarters in Mineola. (Feb. 11, 2010)

Heroin is addictive and deadly. Too many young people don't understand the dangers.

It's a simple message federal officials and addiction experts hope to impress upon Long Island students and parents in a series of upcoming school events.

The Drug Enforcement Agency-led heroin symposiums are the agency's largest public education effort ever on Long Island.

"We hope that by educating...

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