Articles filed under Heroin
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Task force expands DuPage's response to opioid crisisMar 02, 2019 12:00 am - A new specialty court for first-time drug offenders is among the ways DuPage County has expanded its effort to combat the opioid crisis over the past year. The Heroin/Op...
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Glen Ellyn man who supplied fatal dose of heroin gets 14 yearsFeb 13, 2019 12:00 am - A Glen Ellyn man has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for supplying a fatal dose of heroin to another man. Judge Robert Miller sentenced Jackie Dunklin, 27, who ple...
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Two arrested after $1M Kane County heroin bustFeb 11, 2019 12:00 am - Two people were charged with selling an estimated $1 million worth of black tar heroin to an undercover officer near Aurora, authorities said. Polet Bucio-Perez, 27, of ...
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Aetna's Guardian Angel program helps opioid patients get the care they needJan 25, 2019 5:00 am - Sue Martin gets on the phone every day, calling her company's health insurance members who recently have been treated for opioid overdose or addiction. "I'm craving a 1...
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Waukegan man pleads not guilty to drug-induced homicide chargeJan 22, 2019 12:00 am - A Waukegan man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to allegations he sold a combination of heroin and fentanyl to a Mundelein man who later died from an overdose. Darryl Henders...
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Batavia man gets 6 years in prison for selling heroinJan 14, 2019 12:00 am - A Batavia man has been sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to a felony heroin charge shortly before his trial was to begin. Ross H. Hendricks, 27, of ...
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Straight From the Source: Six ways to keep your addiction recovery on track over the holidaysDec 21, 2018 4:38 am - #x2022; Marty Cook is director of alumni events for Gateway Foundation, the country's largest nonprofit treatment provider for substance abuse and related mental hea...
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Prosecutors drop fatal heroin overdose charge against McHenry manDec 11, 2018 12:00 am - Prosecutors have dismissed a drug-induced homicide charge against a McHenry man in connection with a 55-year-old man who was found dead at a gas station in January 2017....
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Opioid group meeting Tuesday at the College of Lake CountyDec 07, 2018 12:00 am - The Lake County Opioid Initiative organization will meet from 10:30 a.m. to noon, Tuesday, Dec. 11, at the College of Lake County, Grayslake Campus, 19351 Washington St....
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Buffalo Grove mom turns grief into passion for anti-opioid causeDec 01, 2018 12:00 am - The world could have gained another nonprofit organization when it lost 28-year-old Jared Voss of Buffalo Grove in 2015. Instead, at least 10 organizations - all involv...