Lakshmi Sammarco

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FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2016, file photo, Hamilton County Ohio coroner Dr. Lakshmi Sammarco announces toxicology reports on people who died of drug overdoses in July and August had the drug Carfentinal in their system in Cincinnatti. Behind her is Hamiliton County Sheriff Jim Neil. Reeling from a surge in heroin overdoses, authorities in the Cincinnati area made an offer: Hand in potentially deadly drugs and you won't be charged. But the blanket immunity granted by a judge Sept. 7, 2016, hasn't brought in any heroin as of Tuesday, Oct. 11. "Turn it in, get it off the streets; get it out of your homes, out of your families," Sammarco, pleaded. (Patrick Reddy/The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP, File)