Community Members Team Up to Prevent, Solve Drug Abuse in Polk County
Community Members Team Up to Prevent, Solve Drug Abuse in Polk County
A synthetic drug, Methadone is used as a treatment because it eliminates withdrawal symptoms by blocking heroin's effects to the brain, according to NIDA. It has been used by treatment facilities for more than 30 years but also has an addictive side …
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Jury convicts Waterloo woman in heroin trial
When heroin wasn't available, she allegedly distributed methadone and oxycodone to members of the group to stave off withdrawal symptoms until more heroin became available, court records state. In November 2010, Waterloo police were called to …
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Lawsuit claims Lake County Jail let heroin-sick woman die (with document)
A prisoner died in the Lake County Jail because she was not given proper medical care for her heroin withdrawal, according to a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the executor of the woman's estate. Nancy M. Brown, a 33-year-old Ashtabula resident, was in …
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