Program battling heroin problem busier

10am. a program meant to fight the heroin problem in pueblo… is busier than ever. a retired doctor with the program says workers have distributed more than 25-thousand synringes in may alone. last july, the program gave out a little over six-thousand. the doctor says the number is good… because they are helping people… but at the same time, it shows there is more work to do with the heroin epidemic in pueblo county… it shows there is a big problem and it’s not a surprise, it’s known in the whole southern tier of colorado, pretty much border to border is the biggest area per capita for needle drug use and pueblo is the epicenter of that the program also had close to 400 visitors in may, which is twice what