It has been almost fifteen years since New York police detectives had to deal with China Cat - a powerful heroin blend that ravaged the world’s largest city in the late summer of 1994.

The 13 accidental overdose deaths that China Cat caused in a single weekend in New York City that year was a tragic occurrence, but also provided a fascinating window into heroin use, and the wide swath of people that make up its user-base.

The New York Times article that broke the story listed a variety of different people who had died that weekend, including a piano tuner, a father of a young boy, older men, young women and others.  They came from both the richest and poorest section of New York, but all were unable to handle the power of the dosage found in China Cat - which like many heroin mixtures contains a much more potent percentage of the drug than in years past.

Now it is 2008, and despite knowing more about the dangers of potent heroin mixtures such as China Cat, groups of lifelong addicts and first time users alike are overdosing because they cannot handle the dosage of the heroin they buy on the streets.  The problem is even more dangerous today, and more and more drug dealers add dangerous synthetic compounds to their drugs in order to deliver a more powerful high.

The only way to avoid accidental heroin overdose is to stop using.  And the best way to conquer heroin addiction is through a top drug rehab program that provides the detox solution and counseling to help individuals get clean and stay that way.