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We'd normally be the last place on earth to deliver an anti-drug message, but after no less than six people have overdosed on heroin in the past week, we feel slightly compelled to ask that you put down the needle. Especially if your hookup is below 14th:

Four of the six people died within blocks of each other on the Lower East Side. Two men were found in nearby neighborhoods: a 37-year-old found dead in a portable toilet near Pier 54 on the West Side on Saturday and a 42-year-old found dead Monday in a storage facility in SoHo.

Officials are attempting to track down the source of what is looking to be a particularly lethal batch of heroin working its way around, but instead they've just seized 6 million dollars' worth of presumably clean smack from a mill in the Bronx. So, you know, maybe you don't want to start today with your usual speedball.

And, of course, we expect law enforcement to blame Osama bin Laden by day's end.

Six Dead in New York, Possibly Linked to Heroin [NYT]
Major Heroin Mill Busted, Cops Say [Newsday]