Articles filed under Heroin
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Judge to rule Monday on Addison drug trafficking caseApr 29, 2015 1:00 am - A DuPage County judge will rule Monday morning whether an Elgin man was a poor lookout for one of the area's largest heroin busts or simply a guy in the wrong place at t...
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Heroin facts from a momApr 20, 2015 1:00 am - Through her work with the LTM Foundation, Felicia Miceli has learned a lot about heroin, from preventive measures that could have been taken, to acceptance of the life-c...
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Medinah mom copes with son's heroin death by saving othersApr 20, 2015 1:00 am - Editor's note: Heroin has taken hold in the suburbs, and turning a blind eye to it isn't acceptable anymore. In an occasional series, the Daily Herald examines the h...
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Lawmakers say pain pills you can't crush would help curb heroin epidemicApr 13, 2015 1:00 am - Curbing the abuse of prescription opioids would play a large part in slowing the suburban heroin epidemic that has been growing for years, lawmakers and local experts sa...
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Arlington Heights officers trained to stop heroin overdosesApr 10, 2015 5:30 am - Arlington Heights police officer Valerie Andrews has been the first responder at the scene of a heroin overdose more than once, and each time there was not much she coul...
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Bail set for man accused of selling heroin in ElginApr 02, 2015 1:00 am - A 32-year-old Bellwood man was ordered held on a total bail of $275,000 Thursday on charges that he sold heroin to an undercover Elgin police officer multiple times in J...
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Suburbs' first OD awareness clinic opens in Arlington Hts.Mar 26, 2015 5:30 am - Addicts, family members, police and anyone else with a need can be trained and take home the tools to save someone from an opiate overdose at the suburbs' first walk-in ...
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Lisle man's answer to heroin: Faith in JesusMar 25, 2015 5:30 am - Today, Doug Stvan is a Christian, a student in a certificate program at DePaul, a basketball fan and an employee at his dad's accounting firm. Four years ago, Stvan was ...
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Priest helps heroin addicts heal 'hole in the soul'Mar 24, 2015 5:30 am - The Rev. Jim Swarthout uses his baldness to his advantage. It's an example of a genetic predisposition, a hereditary problem. Just like addiction, he says. The example ...
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Would harder to crush pills help curb drug addiction?Mar 18, 2015 1:00 am - Terri Bartlett of McHenry told lawmakers Wednesday her son would have been less likely to go down the path of the drug addiction that killed him if pills were harder to ...