Heroin Opioids the Latest Challenge Upstate

Published April 9, 2014

Heroin Opioids The Latest Challenge Upstate
“Started with smoking pot, drinking, cocaine, everything, speed, acid,” Jones said. “I've done every … Those factors—availability, price, and addiction to painkillers, are big reasons behind the recent surge of heroin use in communities across the …
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Overdosed: Addicts easily game a system with fraudulent prescriptions/Video
Rhode Island ranks among the highest in the country for illicit drug use, non-medical use of prescription pain relievers and per capita overdose deaths. During the first three months of 2014, 72 Rhode Islanders died of overdoses. This week, The Journal …
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