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Heroin Addiction: What’s Killing Our Kids? Overdoses Rise in Waukesha County – Patch.com

Heroin Addiction: What’s Killing Our Kids? Overdoses Rise in Waukesha County – Patch.com

What's Killing Our Kids? Overdoses Rise in Waukesha County
Patch.com
Heroin users…appear to be getting younger, with the majority being in their 20s,” according to a source quoted in the Brookfield Patch article. News reports say one way to fight the problem is to talk about it. The other way is to lock up

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Heroin Addiction: Alarming Heroin Trend on the Rise in Waukesha – msnbc.com

Heroin Addiction: Alarming heroin trend on the rise in Waukesha – msnbc.com
WAUKESHA – Addiction specialists say they’re seeing more heroin cases in Waukesha, and the consequences can be deadly. Tyler Lybert is a recovering addict. “It turned my life upside down and ruined my family and ruined my future.” Lybert started his heroin …
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Heroin Addiction: Man’s Fatal Overdose Prompts Warnings of Heroin Rise – Patch.com

Heroin Addiction: Man’s Fatal Overdose Prompts Warnings of Heroin Rise – Patch.com

Man's Fatal Overdose Prompts Warnings of Heroin Rise
Patch.com
"We hear from at least two, maybe three families a week who have a person actively using in their family," Roska said, referring to heroin and opiates. "Some come in and get treatment for themselves." Heroin users also appear to be getting younger,

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Heroin Addiction: Heroin use in Boulder shoots up – Boulder Weekly


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Heroin use in Boulder shoots up
Boulder Weekly
“Most of our heroin-related events take place in the city of Boulder,” Hartkopp says. “For whatever reason, the city of Boulder seems to have a more significant concentration of heroin users as opposed to the county. That could be because of the

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Heroin Withdrawal: REGION: Heroin, Meth Deaths on Rise, Officials Say – North County Times

Heroin Withdrawal: REGION: Heroin, meth deaths on rise, officials say – North County Times


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REGION: Heroin, meth deaths on rise, officials say
North County Times
Another was killed by heroin withdrawal. Lucas said the numbers were small, but the spike was troubling. "Remember, these are kids with no other health problems," Lucas said. "For every kid who dies, how many others are using?
Heart disease, drugs remain among the region's top killersSignOnSanDiego.com

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REGION: Heroin, Meth Deaths on Rise, Officials Say

Heroin Withdrawal: REGION: Heroin, meth deaths on rise, officials say
The county saw a dramatic spike in the number of teenagers killed by heroin last year, and the number of people killed by methamphetamine was the highest in a decade, according to data released Wednesday by the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office.
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Heroin Withdrawal: What’s county’s leading cause of death?
The number of people in the county dying of drug and alcohol intoxication continued to rise last year, with heroin and methamphetamine scoring as the top killers of teens in that category, according to data released Thursday.
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Heroin Withdrawal: Convicted arsonist sentenced to prison for selling heroin
A convicted arsonist who avoided federal prison five years ago by helping officials lock up fellow Earth Liberation Front activists is headed to state prison for selling heroin. Jacob Jeremiah “Jake” Ferguson, 38, was sentenced Monday to nearly five years in prison after pleading guilty to manufacturing, possessing and selling …
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Epilepsy Drug Misuse ‘on the Rise’ – the Independent

Heroin Withdrawal: Epilepsy drug misuse ‘on the rise’ – The Independent

Epilepsy drug misuse 'on the rise'
The Independent
"Like other benzodiazepines, phenazepam can be addictive and mixing with other drugs such as heroin or alcohol increases the risk of drug interaction." In 2010, three people in the East Midlands and six people in Scotland were admitted to hospital

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