Drug Abuse

Heroin uptick in Mass. sparks national reaction
TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) — Drug addiction must be treated as a disease and the country can't arrest its way out of a heroin and prescription drug epidemic, White House Drug Policy Director Gil Kerlikowske said Monday as officials gathered to discuss a recent spike in heroin overdoses in Taunton.         Drug Addiction – Yahoo News Search Results

Leaders push for expansion of heroin overdose-reversal drug
As suburban communities look to battle the problem of heroin abuse on all fronts, health and law enforcement leaders say they're working to build greater awareness of a drug that can counteract an overdose's effects. "It absolutely brings someone back to life who is on the verge of death," Karen Ayala, executive director of the DuPage County Health Department, said about the drug, called Narcan. Drug Addiction – Yahoo News Search Results

In Taunton, Sen. Markey Discusses ‘Epidemic’ Of Heroin Addiction
So far this year, the city of Taunton has reported more than 60 drug overdoses, five of them fatal. Drug Addiction – Yahoo News Search Results