Articles filed under Heroin
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Man convicted of running heroin ringMar 12, 2014 1:00 am - A suburban man was convicted by a federal jury of operating a heroin sales ring for nearly six years and using the proceeds to buy jewelry, cars and suburban properties....
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Drug court for Geneva man facing heroin, Ecstasy chargesMar 06, 2014 12:01 am - A 22-year-old man who was arrested after apparently shooting heroin in the washroom at a downtown Geneva coffee shop last summer has been accepted into the Kane County D...
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Lawmakers want new heroin laws by summerMar 04, 2014 12:00 am - State lawmakers said Tuesday they'd like to approve a package of new rules this year to try to combat heroin addiction in the suburbs and around the state. A large panel...
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Leaders push for expansion of overdose-reversal drugFeb 24, 2014 12:00 am - As suburban communities look to battle the problem of heroin abuse on all fronts, health and law enforcement leaders say they're working to build greater awareness of a ...
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Illinois lawmakers to form heroin task forceFeb 18, 2014 12:01 am - Illinois lawmakers are forming a task force to address what they say is a growing epidemic of heroin use. State Rep. Lou Lang announced Tuesday that House Speaker Michae...
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Foster: Stop cutting heroin addiction helpFeb 07, 2014 4:30 am - U.S. Rep. Bill Foster, a Naperville Democrat, took to the House floor this week to criticize cuts to federal money used to fight heroin abuse, in the same week that awar...
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New wave of heroin claims Hoffman and othersFeb 04, 2014 6:38 pm - NEW YORK — Heroin was supposed to be an obsolete evil, a blurry memory of a dangerous drug that dwelled in some dark recess of American culture. But smack never really d...
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Officials: Hoffman found dead with needle in armFeb 02, 2014 6:00 pm - NEW YORK — Philip Seymour Hoffman, who won the Oscar for his portrayal of writer Truman Capote and created a gallery of slackers, charlatans and other characters so vivi...
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DuPage to sponsor heroin prevention forumJan 20, 2014 1:00 pm - A countywide effort to warn DuPage County residents about the dangers of heroin is beginning this week with a prevention forum in Wheaton. The session is scheduled for 6...
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DuPage responding to record number of heroin deathsJan 06, 2014 4:15 am - Nick Gore has seen enough friends die from abusing heroin to know it's “an absolute miracle” he survived his own addiction to the drug. “I should not be having this conv...