OTHER OPINION: SCOURGE in PA. Rising Heroin Abuse Demands Response
OTHER OPINION: SCOURGE IN PA. Rising heroin abuse demands response
Although the 46-year-old had battled addiction as a young man, he supposedly had been clean for decades and was said to be a role model of sorts for others on the road to recovery. … The alarming statistics have officials scrambling for ways to …
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This Life-Saving Drug Has Stopped 10000 Overdoses, And It Could Stop Many …
"Addiction to heroin and other opiates — including certain prescription pain-killers — is impacting the lives of Americans in every state, in every region, and from every background and walk of life — and all too often, with deadly results,” Holder …
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Two views of heroin's toll: Grasping for help; looking for dealers
He is not glad for the death of the little gymnast who flipped fearlessly across a balance beam, he's glad the 34-year-old drug addict she became isn't struggling anymore. He's glad … He's telling his story to members of GRASP — Grief Recovery After …
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