Amid rising heroin use and deaths, police, parents, ex-addicts fight back to …

Published April 9, 2014

Amid rising heroin use and deaths, police, parents, ex-addicts fight back to …
It remains a small part of America's drug problem; cocaine, Ecstasy, painkillers and tranquilizers are all used more, and the latest federal overdose statistics show that in 2010 the vast majority of drug overdose deaths involved pharmaceuticals, with … Read more on Minneapolis Star Tribune

What the Sunday Papers Said
Independent on Sunday: Cost of nuclear waste clean-up soars … The two main suppliers of fixed-odds betting terminals – dubbed the “crack cocaine” of gambling – will meet ministers this week in a bid to relax their tough stance against their machines. Read more on The Independent

Ryan urges funding for drug treatment
Many low-income addicts end up behind bars, which she claims costs about $ 40,000 per inmate. She said programs like Meridian Community Services in Youngstown do offer in-house treatment for clients even if they can't afford to pay, but others don't, … Read more on WKBN/WYFX-TV