Articles filed under Heroin
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'Choices' panel to highlight ways to avoid addictionNov 07, 2016 4:40 am - There are good choices and bad when it comes to avoiding addiction. One Naperville event intends to highlight both to help parents and kids make choices that keep youths...
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Woman charged with mailing fatal overdose of heroin to friend in DarienNov 02, 2016 1:00 am - A New Jersey woman has been charged in DuPage County with mailing heroin to a friend in Darien that resulted in a fatal overdose. Judge Daniel Guerin issued a $750,000 a...
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Elgin man gets 23 years in prison for Naperville heroin bustOct 14, 2016 1:00 am - A 50-year-old Elgin man has been sentenced to 23 years in prison after pleading guilty to heroin-related charges. Eduardo Lara-Cardenas, formerly of the 300 block of McC...
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Two facing charges in connection with Kaneville heroin overdose deathOct 06, 2016 1:00 am - A Chicago man and an Ottawa woman are each facing a charge of drug-induced homicide after a 34-year-old man died from ingesting heroin in his home in unincorporated Kane...
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Wisconsin man arrested near Elgin, charged with drug possessionSep 19, 2016 1:00 am - A Wisconsin man was being held on $500,000 bail after his arrest Friday on Interstate 90 near Elgin in which he was caught with methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin, acco...
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Mariano's joins suburban pharmacies selling naloxoneSep 17, 2016 1:00 am - Mariano's pharmacies are the latest suburban drugstores to start selling naloxone, an opioid overdose reversal drug, without a prescription. The drug is already sold ove...
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Why government believes in medication-assisted heroin treatmentAug 29, 2016 5:30 am - While medication-assisted treatment is just one route to recovery from heroin or opioid addiction, it's a path that's gaining support from the federal government. Among...
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Sometimes-controversial medication steers Waukegan woman to recoveryAug 29, 2016 5:30 am - Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct the title of Dr. Diane Copeland, clinical psychologist. Second of two parts. On Day 122, Danielle Davis feels ...
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Medication, abstinence offer different roads to heroin recoveryAug 28, 2016 6:30 am - Medicine is helping addict finally move ahead with life
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How Lake County ER doc's medicine, compassion help opioid addictsAug 28, 2016 6:30 am - Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct the title of Dr. Diane Copeland, clinical psychologist. The woman came to the Waukegan emergency room complain...