Northbrook Forum Addresses Heroin Epidemic

Northbrook forum addresses heroin epidemic

Filed under: Drug Addiction Illinois

It stole her soul." Once considered a drug only used in urban areas, heroin use has increased across the country, said forum panelist Kathleen Kane-Willis, director of the Illinois Consortium on Drug Police at Roosevelt University. "Pretty much …
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Speak Out for Nov. 12, 2012

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Rich Tolleson sits in his living room in his home in Crestwood, IL, on Thursday, November 1, 2012. Tolleson is now back in his home and says all of the clutter has been … The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases about what limits there are …
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Police Make Drunken Driving, Drug Arrests: The Blotter

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The passenger was also cited for drug abuse and released. On Nov. 8 police were told that a driver was swerving all around the road. Officers found the car near Ravenna and Cannon Roads, eventually stopping it near Church Street. The woman, from …
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The anti-virus software genius is on the lam in Belize, where a drug addiction

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Reports surfaced yesterday that the 67-year-old American computer programmer had retreated to Belize, after losing his software millions and becoming heavily involved with MDPV—a psychoactive drug once marketed as “bath salts” that is now banned in …
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