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Lawmakers and Families Touched by Heroin Addiction Hold Forum – News 10NBC
Lawmakers and families touched by heroin addiction hold forum – News 10NBC
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Lawmakers and families touched by heroin addiction hold forum
News 10NBC Heroin abuse is being called an epidemic and something all parents need to be aware of. On Tuesday, families who have been personally touched by heroin addiction joined law enforcement and state lawmakers for a forum. The goal of the forum was to … |
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Putting Heroin Users in Jail Won’t Help Louisiana’s Crime Rate – Truth-Out
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Putting Heroin Users in Jail Won't Help Louisiana's Crime Rate
Truth-Out 2014.0416Eisen (Image: Young woman and syringe with heroin on table via Shutterstock)Louisiana – and our nation – has seen a surge in heroin crime. According to the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, heroin use has … |
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East End heroin task force to combat heroin addiction announced – Riverhead LOCAL
Pain Killers and Drug Addiction Are Subject of Conference at Trinitas Regional Medical Center
Pain Killers and Drug Addiction Are Subject of Conference at Trinitas Regional Medical Center
The growing link between pain killers and heroin was explored at a conference hosted recently by Trinitas Regional Medical Center. Members of state government, law enforcement, the medical community, health care, community agencies fighting drug abuse, and families feeling the tragic results of addiction gathered to examine the issue from numerous viewpoints. [PR.com]
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Addiction Treatment Specialists Say State Funding Is Too Low
Addiction treatment specialists say state funding is too low
SPRINGFIELD | While lawmakers look for solutions to Illinois’ heroin problem, addiction specialists say the state isn’t providing them with enough funding.
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Mother who lost son to heroin speaks out
A mother who lost her son to heroin addiction is sharing his story in the hopes of preventing more tragic deaths. Diane Shepler spoke Tuesday night at the BCIU building in Muhlenberg Township. Her son Tyler died in December of 2012. Police say he stole pants from the Walmart in Muhlenberg Township and was hit by a car while fleeing the scene. Tyler was in three rehab facilities over the course …
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Pop Is the Drug: 13 Songs About Addiction
Pop Is The Drug: 13 Songs About Addiction
From heroin, to pain pills. From nail-biting, to shopping, and even obsessions with addicts themselves. It seems that addictions are as varied as the people who succumb to them, and that for every one of them, there is a songwriter who feels their pain …
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Laid-off banker sentenced to prison for robbing bank
Runge asked the judge for treatment instead of prison because he said realized addiction's powerful hold on him. "Seventy-five percent of my docket is drug-related," Marsh said. "It's the same song but a different singer." Instead, she gave him a …
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With Heroin Use on the Rise, Local Advocates Monitoring Effect on AIDS Epidemic – the Times-Picayune
With heroin use on the rise, local advocates monitoring effect on AIDS epidemic – The Times-Picayune
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With heroin use on the rise, local advocates monitoring effect on AIDS epidemic
The Times-Picayune Daniel Jung, 27, of and HIV-positive man from Kenner, was arrested, accused of exposing a JPSO deputy and two other people to the virus through a needle used to inject heroin. Local advocates say they are keeping a close eye on the effects of the … |
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Lawmakers and families touched by heroin addiction hold forum – News 10NBC
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Lawmakers and families touched by heroin addiction hold forum
News 10NBC Heroin abuse is being called an epidemic and something all parents need to be aware of. On Tuesday, families who have been personally touched by heroin addiction joined law enforcement and state lawmakers for a forum. The goal of the forum was to … Parents Testify To Senate Task Force About Heroin Addiction At hearing, too-familiar tales of heroin's grip State Responds To Growing Heroin Epidemic |
Lawmakers and Families Touched by Heroin Addiction Hold Forum
Lawmakers and families touched by heroin addiction hold forum
Heroin abuse is being called an epidemic and something all parents need to be aware of. On Tuesday, families who have been personally touched by heroin addiction joined law enforcement and state lawmakers for a forum…
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Sheriff: heroin crisis leads to spike in crime
Local investigators say the heroin crisis has not only taken a toll on people's lives, it has also led to a spike in crime. Addicts are stealing anything, including scrap metal, to support their habits.
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Forum to Focus on Drug Addiction
The state's new Joint Senate Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction will host a forum in Rochester today.
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