Secret, steady flow of heroin into area

Secret, steady flow of heroin into area
ASHLAND — A recent bust at a Boyd County hotel revealed a great deal about the secret societies at work to keep heroin flowing into the veins of addicts in Ashland and nearby Huntington, according to a veteran drug investigator with the Boyd County … Read more on The Independent

Most drug arrests don't mirror prescription abuse
The unit made 12 trafficking arrests, for larger amounts of drugs: nine for methamphetamine, three for Ecstasy and one for marijuana. According to county death certificates, 25 people died from accidental drug overdose in the county, 2.29 percent of … Read more on Gainesville Times

Parents go 'Behind Closed Doors'
Methamphetamine can be manufactured quickly and cheaply. Deaths from methadone overdoses rose 390 percent between 1999 and 2004. Constriction of the pupils is a sign of a user. Inhalants are also of concern among youth, said Wojciechowski. Read more on Billerica Minuteman