Study: Chicago Has Worst Heroin Problem in U.S.

Published June 30, 2010

Study: Chicago Has Worst Heroin Problem in U.S.
Ranks 1st in Heroin-Related Emergency Room Admissions; Drug Increasingly a Scourge of City’s Suburbs, Whites, Teens
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Heroin sale brings eight years at jail
Sentence to be served concurrently with sentences for two other charges By Chris Meyers Staff writer A rural Whitley County man convicted earlier this month at trial for the sale of heroin to two confidential informants was sentenced Monday morning to 10 years at the Whitley County Jail, with eight to serve.
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Brother’s OxyContin addiction inspires Damascus woman to help start web-based Facebook support group
Caitlin Reed, 24, and her brother Michael Reed, 20, of Damascus show the “Bring awareness to Maryland’s OxyContin epidemic” Facebook group she helped create. He has been free of his addiction to the drug since January 2009. His family started the group to offer support to others.
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