Articles filed under Heroin
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Study: While heroin use spikes, treatment options drop in IllinoisAug 23, 2015 2:00 pm - Drug addiction treatment options in Illinois are getting fewer as heroin use continues to increase, particularly in the suburbs, a Roosevelt University study has found. ...
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Lake Co. sheriff's deputies save man from heroin overdoseAug 23, 2015 1:00 am - Lake County Sheriff's deputies using the opioid antagonist Naloxone saved a man in Ingleside from a potentially fatal heroin overdose Saturday, officials said. Deputies ...
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Lake County Opioid Initiative leaders present at national conferenceAug 19, 2015 1:00 am - Leaders of the Lake County Opioid Initiative were invited by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy to talk about the program at a national conference in...
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Lakemoor police help overdose victimAug 17, 2015 1:00 am - Lakemoor police said officers used naloxone to reverse the potential drug overdose of a 31-year-old Crystal Lake man found unconscious in a portable bathroom at Lakemoor...
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Durbin in Naperville on heroin problem: 'It's reached everywhere'Aug 07, 2015 1:00 am - Kyle Simari says he started using marijuana when he was 13 because he wanted to feel happy. Everything changed two years later when the Naperville teen had his first exp...
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Streamwood residents hold anti-heroin walkAug 02, 2015 11:00 pm - Streamwood residents walked together on Saturday, July 11, to promote heroin awareness and seek a safer, drug-free community. The group was escorted down Park Boulevard,...
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Naperville funds fighting root of heroin, suicide problemsAug 01, 2015 7:30 am - Two years ago, Naperville set aside money for efforts to stop suicides and heroin use. The causes were identified as priorities in the city's social services grant, but...
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What's next in suburbs' fight against heroin?Jul 20, 2015 5:30 am - Helping athletes, bringing antidote to prisons are next in fight against heroin
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Despite progress, heroin fight in suburbs far from overJul 18, 2015 1:00 am - More lives are being saved, but addiction isn't slowing down
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20 years for Elgin man in heroin bustJul 10, 2015 1:00 am - An Elgin man is headed to prison for 20 years for his role in a July 2014 heroin deal gone bad in Addison that also involved his father and brother. Jose Hernandez, 28, ...