Special Report: Heroin in the Suburbs

Special Report: Heroin in the Suburbs – SPECIAL REPORT — It’s considered one of the most dangerous illicit drugs on the market. Still, that hasn’t stopped heroin use from surging in the Miami Vall…

Minn. doctors on front lines in prescription drug abuse

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DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — A woman spent two years going to garage sales then asking to use people's restrooms, just to steal their prescription drugs. Two 19-year-old men took turns jumping out of a moving vehicle, just to get a prescription for 30 Vicodin …
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Heroin Task Force presents first public forum on prescription drug abuse

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The heart-wrenching story of a school principal who lost his son to drugs and the first-person story of a woman's heroin addiction gripped the attention of parents attending the first Community Forum on Prescription Drug Abuse presented by the Delaware …
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Heroin overdose deaths surpass cocaine fatalities in Milwaukee County

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The Marmolejo family faced an impossible situation, one shared by a growing number of families in and around Milwaukee as heroin use skyrockets. Neither loved ones nor police can force an addict to get help, though the criminal justice system is seen …
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