Heroin Epidemic Cuts Growing Swath of Destruction

Published February 8, 2014

Heroin epidemic cuts growing swath of destruction
Packets stamped with the words “Thera-flu” or “Bud Ice” are thought to have caused the recent deaths of more than 20 people in western Pennsylvania, 22 heroin-related deaths in Rhode Island and as many as 37 in Maryland since September. State Police in …
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Penguins' Letang recovering from stroke
Further testing then was conducted when he returned to Pittsburgh and he continued to undergo a battery of tests here this week." Letang will be re-evaluated after six weeks of treatment by University of Pittsburgh Medical Center doctors. Dr. Dharmesh …
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Heroin Deaths in the Shadows
Now that Hoffman is gone the one purpose his passing can offer is to bring into sharp focus the fact that overdose deaths have long been on the rise in the U.S. (according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, deaths from drug overdoses …
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