Deadly Addiction: Heroin Use, a Tragic Wrong Turn for Prescription Drug

Deadly addiction: Heroin use, a tragic wrong turn for prescription drug
Deadly addiction: Heroin use, a tragic wrong turn for prescription drug abusers, on the rise in region. By Greg … These days, Detective Lt. Mark Rankowitz and fellow officers can recite any number of stories about the drug's ever-increasing impact …
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Ohio House goes after addiction to opiates
Legislators said they were moved by stories about addiction that began with a prescription for painkillers, perhaps after a teen had wisdom teeth removed. “We're facing an epidemic — an epidemic that has entangled itself into every nook and cranny of …
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Brockton Mayor Seeks Harsher Penalties For Drug Dealers
Anecdotally, we have heard those stories through law enforcement people, yes. I mean obviously we have a lot of locations with 12 Step, AA and NA meetings, and yeah, no, we have heard of drug sales taking place in the immediate vicinity of drug …
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