Woman admits to role in Loxa meth ring

Woman admits to role in Loxa meth ring
CHARLESTON — A woman was ordered into a treatment-intensive form of probation when she admitted providing methamphetamine ingredients to a drug operation that was based in Loxa. Andrea L. Medina became the seventh person to plead guilty in state … Read more on Journal Gazette and Times-Courier

Shoals Drug Addiction Counselors See Spike In Heroin Cases
“About seven or eight months ago, consistently have seen more people coming and saying heroin was their drug of choice, or if I can find it I will use heroin,” explained Heath Haddock, program director at the Shoals Treatment Center in Sheffield. As a … Read more on whnt.com

Defense says McVay attempted suicide three months after murder
On Tuesday, jurors were told that McVay first used methamphetamine and heroin at age 10, that his psychosis was aggravated by two months in detention without mental health treatment and that he attempted suicide less than three months after the murder. Read more on Sioux Falls Argus Leader