Massive spike in overdose deaths sparks warning from local leaders

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- The heroin crisis is taking yet another alarming turn in Erie County.
Health officials issued an emergency warning Tuesday, after a massive spike in overdose-related deaths.
The Erie County Medical Examiner is looking into 23 deaths since Jan. 29. And if the war is on opioid overdoses, local and federal leaders met in the battle trenches Tuesday afternoon; the middle of the emergency room at ECMC.
Just last month, County Executive Mark Poloncarz created a task for