Articles filed under Heroin
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18 years for man who sold heroin that killed Naperville manJul 03, 2018 1:00 am - A Melrose Park man was sentenced Tuesday to 18 years in prison for selling a fatal dose of heroin that killed a Naperville man in 2015. A DuPage County jury convicted Ke...
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Man charged with fleeing from Arlington Heights cops, possessing heroinJun 12, 2018 1:00 am - A 26-year-old man who led Arlington Heights police on a foot chase after a traffic stop Tuesday morning later was discovered in a backyard and arrested on drug possessio...
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Are police dogs another victim of the opioid epidemic?Jun 08, 2018 5:30 am - Naloxone: It's not just for people. While the national opioid epidemic claims 115 human lives a day, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there's...
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Naperville ride brings biking's benefits to opioid recovery patientsJun 01, 2018 1:00 am - Four people in recovery from opioid use got a free bicycle, helmet and safety gear last summer through a program that benefits from a fundraiser set to take place Sunday...
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Elk Grove Village rolling out $500,000 opioid response program soonMay 27, 2018 1:00 am - Groundbreaking and heartbreaking. Those are a couple of the words Mayor Craig Johnson used Friday to describe parts of Elk Grove Village's opioid addiction program set ...
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DuPage develops plan to spend $100,000 to respond to opioid crisisMay 22, 2018 1:00 am - DuPage County is contributing $100,000 to kick-start two projects to combat the opioid crisis. Half the funding will be used to develop a "substance use treatment naviga...
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10 years in prison for heroin, weapons possession for arrest near ElginMay 22, 2018 1:00 am - A 33-year-old Wisconsin man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to possessing nearly $10,000 of heroin, a gun and other contraband during an A...
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Author Ryan to discuss heroin crisis at Oakton Community CollegeMay 21, 2018 1:00 am - Tim Ryan, author of the best-selling book, "From Dope to Hope: A Man in Recovery," will discuss his heroin addiction as part of the Oakton Community College Continuing E...
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How a Winfield doctor helped get new opioid withdrawal drug approvedMay 21, 2018 1:00 am - A suburban doctor was one of the most active researchers to study a drug that recently became the first non-opioid approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat ...
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Prison for two arrested with 134 small bags of heroin at McHenry parkMay 08, 2018 1:00 am - Two people pleaded guilty and were sentenced to prison Monday ahead of their trial for possession of 134 bags of heroin - or a little more than an ounce - at a McHenry p...