Giving the tools to kick heroin
The influx of cheap heroin caused many in the community to become addicted to the drug. Whether for possession or trafficking or other crimes committed in an effort to obtain more heroin, the vast majority of cases since 2013 have been rooted in heroin … Read more on Times Bulletin
Sycamore City Council could revisit sober house vote
… their vote against granting a special-use permit to allow the county to operate the group home in a house at 491 E. State St. The facility would house male alcoholics and drug addicts who are working to rehabilitate themselves through the county's … Read more on DeKalb Daily Chronicle
Formerly incarcerated activist fights to give people a chance to change
Clean for eight years now, he was coaxed into a new life by the rehab center that Nunn also co-founded — just after kicking his own crack habit a quarter-century ago. …. Drug use in his teen years mixed with feelings of "extreme indignation over … Read more on Los Angeles Times
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