Articles filed under Heroin
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Supreme Court to hear DuPage drug-induced homicide appealDec 06, 2017 12:00 am - Just five months after the Second District Appellate Court affirmed her drug-induced homicide conviction, the Illinois Supreme Court will hear a former Summit woman's ap...
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DuPage addiction recovery center founder 'never stopped fighting'Nov 20, 2017 12:00 am - Some told Henry Tews there were no alcoholics in DuPage County, no need for a halfway house or a place for alcohol and drug users to recover. He proved them wrong with ...
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Man pleads guilty in fatal Antioch Township heroin overdoseNov 13, 2017 12:00 am - A Waukegan man faces 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to drug charges stemming from the fatal heroin overdose of an Antioch Township man in 2016. Darrin S. Reed...
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Heroin overdose deaths, rescues both on the rise in 4 countiesNov 09, 2017 4:30 am - Heroin and opioid overdose deaths are on pace to top last year's totals in four of six area counties, even while first responders are setting records for saving lives us...
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Haymarket could open residential drug treatment center in WheatonNov 03, 2017 12:00 am - A Chicago drug and alcohol treatment center seeking to expand its programs to Wheaton would fill a void for recovering addicts as the region faces an unrelenting opioid ...
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Trump opioid declaration: What suburban experts sayOct 26, 2017 1:00 am - The suburbs are not immune to the opioid crisis that was declared a national public health emergency Thursday by President Donald Trump. While Trump and his critics batt...
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Kane County to spend $100,000 more on naloxone to fight overdosesOct 18, 2017 1:00 am - Kane County will spend another $100,000 to order more than 2,000 additional doses of naloxone, a drug used to save the lives of people overdosing on heroin and prescript...
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Foglia YMCA, Live4Lali to host forum on opioids useOct 17, 2017 11:00 pm - The Foglia YMCA and Live4Lali will host a community forum to help raise awareness of the increase of substance use and the relationship to the overall health of individu...
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Editorial: Fighting opioid epidemic on many frontsOct 12, 2017 5:00 am - If anyone doubts the extent of the opioid epidemic, pay attention to these stories on the federal, state and local level just in the last couple days. On Tuesday, first ...
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Third man sought in Kane, Kendall county cocaine-heroin ringSep 28, 2017 1:00 am - A third person is being sought in what authorities describe as a criminal conspiracy to distribute heroin and cocaine in Kane and Kendall counties. Two men were arrested...