Articles filed under Heroin
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How prescriptions lead to heroin addictions: Naperville videos explainJun 14, 2016 1:00 am - YouTube The ParentsMatterToo project, started in 2013 in response to 13 heroin deaths among Naperville young people, produced the videos to offer a brief education on ri...
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Rolling Meadows Second Chance program attracts 8 or 9 addictsJun 02, 2016 1:00 am - Since it began in October of last year, eight or nine Rolling Meadows residents have taken advantage of the police department's Second Chance program - the groundbreakin...
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Lake County cops offer drug addicts treatment instead of jail timeJun 01, 2016 1:00 am - Focusing on treatment instead of criminal punishment, Lake County police departments and health agencies are teaming to help drug addicts and alcoholics get and stay sob...
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Trio released while Kane appeals illegal vehicle stop, searchJun 01, 2016 1:00 am - Three Minnesota residents were released from the Kane County jail Wednesday while prosecutors appeal a judge's ruling last month that a deputy illegally prolonged a traf...
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5 years prison in St. Charles heroin overdose deathMay 20, 2016 1:00 am - A Schaumburg woman was sentenced to five years in prison Friday after pleading guilty to a reduced charge after a December 2014 heroin overdose death in St. Charles. Kat...
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Five adults found overdosed at home near Lake VillaMay 15, 2016 1:00 am - Lake County Sheriff's detectives are investigating the drug overdose of five people late Saturday after they'd ingested an unknown substance at a home near Lake Villa. S...
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Resources to help recovering heroin addictsMay 09, 2016 1:00 am - Brad Gerke and Jessica Alvarez operate a small sober house out of the ranch home they rent in Lombard, and they also volunteer to help others maintain sobriety through A...
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Why sober houses for heroin addicts are hard to establish in suburbsMay 08, 2016 7:15 am - Staying sober isn't easy for former heroin addicts in the early stages of recovery. It takes a new routine. A network of support. Maybe a finding of faith. Probably a c...
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Sober houses' our latest find in pervasive addictions battleMay 08, 2016 5:00 am - Two major projects - on heroin addiction and mental health - were envisioned as yearlong efforts but morphed into ongoing stories that have taken on a life of their own....
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Advocates push for abuse-deterrent painkillersApr 26, 2016 1:00 am - Anti-heroin advocates Tuesday pushed for legislation that would require Illinois insurance companies to cover prescription opioids that they say deter abuse by being dif...