Heroin-Related Deaths on the Rise in Minnesota

Heroin-related deaths on the rise in Minnesota
THE PROBLEM: Minnesota has seen an alarming rise in heroin-related deaths in recent years and a tenfold increase in the number of people seeking treatment for heroin addiction. Jack Riley, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's special agent in …
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'We're all paying:' Heroin spreads misery
… users are struggling to find solutions and save lives. “I thought my suburban, middle-class family was immune to drugs such as this,” said Valerie Pap, who lost her son, Tanner, to heroin in 2012 in Anoka County, Minn., and speaks out to try and …
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States look to naloxone to cure America's overdose epidemic
… take a look at the drug itself to better understand how it works and why it's up for debate. Throughout the article, Guardian readers who responded for an earlier feature on heroin addiction recount their own experiences with the anti-overdose drug …
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