Little Pill, Big Problem: Ohio’s Opiate Story UPDATED

Published February 4, 2014

Little Pill, Big Problem: Ohio’s Opiate Story *UPDATED* – Since 2007, more Ohioans have died as a result of overdose than in motor vehicle crashes. The opiate family, which include prescription painkillers and heroi…

Actor's death puts spotlight on heroin addiction

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Nancy Knott is a drug intervention counselor with Scripps Health and said a staggeringly high percentage of her patients are seeking treatment for heroin addiction. A number that's gone up dramatically in the last four years. “They would start out …
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Hoffman among thousands who battle addiction

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"Here you have an extraordinarily talented actor who had the resources, who had been in treatment, who obviously realized the problem of drugs and had been able to stay clean," she said, adding that Hoffman's case shows how devastating addiction can be …
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