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From Star Student to Junkie: What Every Parent Needs to Know About Heroin Addiction

…n , Percocet and Xanax are causing massive addiction problems in kids and creating future heroin addicts. Some of these drugs are given by their doctors, a football coach or even by their famil…

Methadone: The Wrong Solution

…ary” method to help individuals struggling with substance abuse to become “clean.” For instance, heroin was once promoted as a safe (non-addictive) alternative and handling for morphine addiction by i…

NJ Drug Bust Yields 17,000 Doses of Heroin

…New Jersey found itself in the epicenter of the heroin problem years ago with more and more residents getting strung out on OxyContin and heroin and finding themselves hopelessly addicted, only …

When is the Heroin Problem Going to Stop?

… Right now, I think it’s safe to say that the heroin and opiate epidemic in this country is beyond out-of-control. The drugs that are in circulation in co…

Authorities Seize 5 Million Lethal Doses of Fentanyl in New Jersey

…verdosed on the heroin sold, that is the heroin they want! All the heroin users will flock to that dealer or trap house because it’s where the strong stuff is sold and, as any heroin addict would te…

Greater Cincinnati Area Shows 1000 Percent Increase in Fentanyl Deaths

… Since 2013, deaths related to fentanyl have skyrocketed well past those caused by heroin . Since fentanyl hit every town, city, and state its effects have been felt nationwide, and non…

Killer ‘Pink’ Heroin Found in Missouri

… It’s not a new phenomenon that heroin is causing overdoses all over the country, especially since it’s being regularly mixed with synthetic fentanyl …

Fentanyl… It’s Not Only in Heroin

…ly known as the number one killer drug that is often mixed with heroin to increase its potency and addictiveness. Whenever heroin addicts huddle around their spoons, lighters and syringes, whether …

Elephant Tranquilizers Are the New Heroin

…ntly reduced due to “cutting.” People think they’re buying heroin or cocaine , but end up getting a baggie with half cocaine or heroin and half baking soda. Or half rat poison. Or laced with Fen…

800 Pound Heroin Spoon Placed in Front of Purdue Pharma’s Headquarters

… 11-foot-long steel sculpture of a burnt and bent heroin spoon as a way of voicing their concern about Purdue Pharma’s role in the current heroin epidemic. Domenic and his family hail from Westwood…