Articles filed under Heroin
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Deerfield police save overdose victim with anti-opiateJan 01, 2015 6:38 am - Deerfield police have become the first department in Lake County to successfully use an anti-opiate drug to save the life of a heroin overdose victim. That the doses of ...
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Our series so far at dailyherald.com/moreDec 28, 2014 6:30 am - Part 1 Jon Dennison of South Elgin started using heroin when he was 17. Four years later, he's still trying to beat his addiction. Part 2 DuPage County Coroner Richard J...
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Burglary case shows need to secure pills during home showingsDec 28, 2014 6:30 am - Drug-seeking behavior can come in a variety of extremes for heroin addicts trying to get their next fix. Prostitution and stealing things to resell for drug money are am...
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How suburban politicians fight heroin with forums, fundingDec 28, 2014 6:30 am - Politicians have plenty to do in the fight against heroin. They're looking to legislate against over-prescription of pain pills, trying to regulate the supply of medicat...
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Kirk gains insight in fight against heroin from former users in AddisonDec 28, 2014 6:30 am - “Tell me what you think I don't know,” U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk says as he sits down with a group of former heroin users at the Serenity House recovery center in Addison. Th...
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Durbin asks for help battling heroin epidemicDec 24, 2014 12:01 am - U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and other senators are asking the federal Health and Human Services Department for more help in battling what they say is an epidemic of heroin use...
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Suburban schools changing how they discuss heroinDec 19, 2014 4:30 am - Kids today know heroin — and it's no longer just a word they read in a textbook. Health teacher Cristy Hefner knows heroin, too. It's the drug her preteen students at C...
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Naperville nonprofit puts faith in parents to stem heroin's tideDec 01, 2014 4:30 am - Diane Overgard has faith in parents. There's something about the unconditional love of a father or a mother that has the ability to carry a child through anything, she s...
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Suburban nonprofit groups strike back against heroinDec 01, 2014 4:30 am - Maybe it's a grieving mother on a crusade. Maybe it's a group of friends who need a place to stay sober ... and still have fun. Maybe it's a sister motivated by a broth...
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DuPage receives $70,000 donation to fight heroinNov 28, 2014 12:01 am - Moved by the actions of an Oak Brook man who lost his grandson to heroin, a group has donated $70,000 to a DuPage County program that equips police officers with the opi...