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Heroin Overdoses Kill Record Number of Ohioans

Record Number of Ohio Residents Die from Heroin Overdoses The Ohio State Department of Health released information about drug addiction and overdose in the state in 2012, and noted that a record number of Ohioans had been killed due to heroin overdoses. Ohio has declared heroin overdose an … [Read more...]

Heroin Addiction Is White, Suburban Problem

Report Finds Those Addicted to Heroin Are Mostly White Suburban Kids A new analysis shows that the demographics of heroin addiction have shifted drastically in the last 60 years. A report published in the Journal of the American Medical Association’s Psychiatry reveals that the stereotypical … [Read more...]

DEA Investigating Fatal Heroin Overdoses in Pittsburgh

DEA and State Officials Are Investigating Fatal Mix of Heroin and Fentanyl Causing Heroin Overdose Deaths The federal Drug Enforcement Agency has set up a texting tip line to anonymously collect information related to the epidemic of heroin overdoses in Pittsburgh in January of this year. "We … [Read more...]