Heroin Use Increases in Iowa; Deaths Spike

Heroin use increases in Iowa; deaths spike
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Heroin use is creeping upward in Iowa, and a spate of deaths has triggered growing concern among federal, state and local law enforcement. Iowans' slow increase in use of the highly addictive drug follows a surge in availability of ultra-potent Mexican …
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COMMUNITY VOICES: The lag time between addiction and help
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I personally believe that addiction is a disease; a tricky, chronic, potentially fatal disease. This belief is multi-faceted. There are those predisposed to addiction genetically. Additionally, even when drinking or drug use begins as an experiment, …
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The joy and the destruction of drug abuse, from both sides of the tracks
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But she quickly realizes what they have in common: Addiction has ruined both their lives. He's been left widowed and lonely; she's lost her father and brother to drugs, and has to work at a job that makes poor use of her obvious intellect to support …
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International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

Congresswoman Bono Mack highlights the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking and emphasizes the importance of working together to end the cycle of drug abuse and addiction.

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