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Wisconsin man arrested near Elgin, charged with drug possession
By Harry Hitzeman
Sep 19, 2016 4:32 PM - A Wisconsin man is being held on $500,000 bail after his arrest Friday on Interstate 90 near Elgin in which police say he was caught with methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin.
Mariano's joins suburban pharmacies selling naloxone
By Jamie Sotonoff
Sep 18, 2016 12:12 AM - Mariano's pharmacies are the latest suburban drugstores to start selling Naloxone, an opioid overdose reversal drug, without a prescription.
Why government believes in medication-assisted heroin treatment
By Marie Wilson
Aug 29, 2016 5:30 AM - The federal government is recognizing medication-assisted treatment as a good route to heroin recovery, U.S. Rep. Bill Foster says.
Sometimes-controversial medication steers Waukegan woman to recovery
By Marie Wilson
Sep 1, 2016 9:37 AM - Danielle Davis of Waukegan is getting reacquainted with "normal" as she takes sometimes-controversial medication to help recover from a 10-year heroin addiction.
How Lake County ER doc's medicine, compassion help opioid addicts
First of two parts
Sep 1, 2016 9:37 AM - A Waukegan emergency room physician has started a treatment clinic for opioid addicts, helping them find a medical route to recovery.
Medication, abstinence offer different roads to heroin recovery
By Marie Wilson
Aug 28, 2016 6:30 AM - As medication-assisted treatment for heroin addiction increases, advocates say it's important to recognize there's more than one route to recovery.
Hawthorn Woods mom finds healing in helping others
By Megan McNichols Mahon
Aug 25, 2016 6:41 AM - Ciri Stom has seen how heroin can steal lives anywhere. Instead of giving in to despair, she's fighting back through a foundation that aims to spread hope in other young people's lives.
Waukegan man charged in Antioch-area overdose death
By Erin Hegarty
Aug 25, 2016 4:07 PM - As part of a two-month operation aimed at taking heroin off the streets, the Lake County sheriff's office arrested a Waukegan resident for selling a 25-year-old man a fatal dose of the drug, police said in a news release.
Live4Lali to host drug abuse panel in Arlington Heights
Daily Herald report
Aug 19, 2016 3:53 PM - The Arlington Heights-based anti-heroin nonprofit Live4Lali will continue its "From Use to Abuse: Drugs in Our Community" panel discussion series with an event at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Buffalo Grove Park District Community Arts Center, 225 McHenry Road.
Lake County to take next step in fight against heroin
By Mick Zawislak
Aug 18, 2016 6:34 PM - The Lake County jail and the county health department have launched a voluntary program to administer the drug Vivitrol to inmates and provide ongoing treatment to break the cycle of addiction.

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