Heroin use, addiction up sharply among US whites, study finds
Original article from www.foxnews.com/health A man injects himself with heroin using a needle obtained from the People's Harm Reduction Alliance, the nation's largest needle-exchange program, in Seattle (Reuters) NEW YORK – Heroin use in the United States has risen five-fold in the past decade and dependence on the drug has more than tripled, with the biggest jumps among whites and men with low incomes and little education, researchers said on Wednesday. Whites aged 18 to 44 accounted for the biggest rise in heroin addiction, which has been fueled in part by the misuse of opioid prescription drugs. The findings are [...]
Children find parents dead of apparent overdose in Ohio home
Original article from Fox8.com CENTERVILLE, Ohio— Authorities say a commercial airline pilot and his wife have died of an apparent overdose from the powerful synthetic drug fentanyl. Police say the bodies of 36-year-old Brian Halye and 34-year-old Courtney Halye were found by their children Thursday morning in Centerville, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) north of Cincinnati. In one of two 911 calls placed just before 8 a.m., the oldest of their children is talking to a dispatcher while his sisters can be heard crying in the background. The Dayton Daily News reports Brian Halye was a pilot for Spirit Airlines, [...]
Woman overdoses on heroin in Akron in front of nieces
Original article from Cleveland.com AKRON, Ohio -- A woman with a history of suffering heroin overdoses had her fourth recent overdose, this time in front of her two nieces, according to police. Lisa Thompson, 47, faces two charges of child endangering in the incident that happened about 11:30 p.m. Monday at a Kipling Street home near Coventry Avenue. Thompson was issued a summons to appear at 1 p.m. March 17 in Akron Municipal Court, according to the clerk's office. The 10-year-old and 4-year-old girls ran out of the house when Thompson overdosed and ran to a nearby family member's home, [...]