Heroin-related crimes, emergencies on the rise in Olean
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Since August 2012, ambulance crews from the Olean Fire Department responded to 14 reported critical overdoses caused by opiate use, with 10 occurring in the last six months. A critical overdose occurs when a person loses consciousness from using a … Read more on Olean Times Herald
Filming the truth about addiction
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According to the most recent drug overdose death figures released by the state Department of Public Health, 642 people in Massachusetts died of opioid poisoning deaths in 2011. Trends show users are younger and more affluent than in the past, according … Read more on Capecodonline
Two Arrested on Cocaine, Heroin Charges
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HAGERSTOWN, Md. – Troopers with the Maryland State Police Hagerstown Barracks say two people are facing charges after multiple drugs, including cocaine and heroin, were found in their possession. Troopers say around 3:45 p.m. Thursday, they pulled … Read more on WHAG