Heroin Overdoses Down in D.C. The Sad Reason? Fentanyl. THE CAPITAL OF DEATH – Sept. 8, 2022 - Now heroin, synonymous with illicit drug use in Mid-Atlantic cities since the 1960s, is close to vanishing from the streets of the nation’s capital. D.C.’s lates... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylHeroin Addictioninterventionlife expectancyopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoverySept 13 2022Trauma