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What's Up Wednesday: Candlelight Vigil Being Held in Cecil Park

Not One More Pittsburgh invites local folks to join it in the fight against heroin. The vigil comes in the wake of a huge heroin bust in the county.

Not One More Pittsburgh is hosting a candlelight vigil at Cecil Park Wednesday night—and you're invited to join members in the war against heroin.

The group will host the vigil from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Organizers said the event will help raise awareness of the heroin epidemic—and to educate the public about the dangers of the drug.

"Together we can help those who may be struggling with addiction to lift them to a place of recovery and hope," organizers said. 

The vigil comes less than a month after the state Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs issued a warning about fentanyl and its derivative, acetyl fentanyl—a deadly drug that resembles heroin, but is much more potent and has caused 50 deaths in Pennsylvania this year.

After recently confirming five overdoses, including one fatality, from the drug in Lebanon County, the department called upon coroners and medical examiners across Pennsylvania to screen for the drug on all apparent heroin and other opioid deaths, in order to accurately track the extent of the problem.

For more information on the warning, click here.

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The event also comes in the wake of a huge heroin in bust by the Washington County District Attorney's Drug Task Force. To read more about the bust—which netted 54 bricks of heroin, click here.

For more information on Not One More, click here.

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