Heroin-related overdoses jumped nearly 250 percent between 2010 and 2012 in Philadelphia and, depending on how they are measured, slightly more in Montgomery County. In Kentucky, they quadrupled in just one year....How heroin abuse has become epidemic
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A group that runs a needle exchange says the number of needles it's given out has increased by almost 600 percent in just five years....Needle exchange program use in La Crosse skyrockets
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The Isaac family is opening up about the drug that brought their 19-year-old son's life to an end on August 21, when he was found dead from a drug overdose....‘The Face Of Heroin Has Changed,’ Family Warns After Losing Son, 19
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Recovering addicts learned from their past drug useNorthwest HeraldChris Reed (far right) and Ryan Hagen talk about their experiences with drug addiction Tuesday while at The Other Side in Crystal Lake. Both men began using drugs in there early teens. Reed is now the president of The Other Side and New Directions ......Recovering addicts learned from their past drug use - Northwest Herald
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Gallatin County law enforcement tells us they've seen an increase in heroin distribution cases over the last six months. Folks with the Missouri River Drug Task Force tell us there was only one distribution case in all of 2011 and 2012, but in the last four or five months they've already seen three and they say they're likely connected....Heroin on the rise in Gallatin County
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Former Pill, Heroin Addict Says Monthly Injections Helps him Fight Drug CravingsWSAWI was good.... running the bases I broke my ankle around eight years ago", Explains Travis Brugger, 41, for his addiction to painkillers and then heroin. "When my prescription ran out I found them [pills] on the street. I had to have … had to have ...and more »...Former Pill, Heroin Addict Says Monthly Injections Helps him Fight Drug Cravings - WSAW
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Sydney Morning Herald That Other Big Afghan Crisis, the Growing Army of AddictsNew York TimesThe number of drug users in Afghanistan is estimated to be as high as 1.6 million, or about 5.3 percent of the population, among the highest rates in the world. Nationwide, one in 10 urban households has at least one drug user, according to a recent ...Junkie ghettos tell of country's growing addictionSydney Mornin...That Other Big Afghan Crisis, the Growing Army of Addicts - New York Times
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The rate of heroin use is up, and federal data shows that nearly 80 percent of people using the illegal drug had previously abused prescription painkillers. One doctor says addiction to painkillers must be treated — and prescriptions regulated — in part to stymie the draw to heroin....With Rise Of Painkiller Abuse, A Closer Look At Heroin
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Local health workers are hoping to prevent the spread of an addictive new flesh-eating drug that is more dangerous than heroin as it makes its way to the Bay Area. In San Francisco's notorious Tenderloin, addicts are as common as cigarettes. Anyone looking can find opiates in a myriad of forms from pills to heroin. "I was always looking for something better something stronger," a young ......Addiction specialists raise alarm about flesh-eating drug
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