Watch: New England Town Ripped Apart by Heroin

Published March 13, 2014

Watch: New England town ripped apart by heroin
Filed under: cocaine treatment 2007
Between 2012 and 2013, Vermont's deaths from opiate overdoses doubled, Shumlin said, and the number of Vermonters seeking treatment for opiates skyrocketed 771 percent since 2000. Vermont is not alone, as heroin use has catapulted across the country … Read more on Al Jazeera America (blog)

As heroin use spikes, focus shifts to drug that saves addicts
Filed under: cocaine treatment 2007
Federal data show heroin use rose 79 percent in the United States between 2007 and 2012. Heroin-related deaths are also spiking in … Donald Keith, a certified addictions treatment counselor in Orange County, said Tuesday that 75 percent of the cases … Read more on OCRegister