The heroin flowing into southeastern Connecticut usually originates in Mexico, is high in purity and is readily available from dealers who run their businesses with little regard for the well-being of the user or the community at large, according to law enforcement sources.

Addicts are robbing convenience stores, breaking into homes and stealing from their families to pay for their next bag, police and court officials said in phone interviews Friday.

They are using the drug in increasing numbers in cars, according to the AAA.

And the urge for a better high is so strong that addicts who hear of a particularly potent or even tainted batch of heroin — one that is causing other users to overdose and even die — will look to score some of that batch, according to those who work in the treatment community.

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