Drug Cartels in Oregon: Heroin Overdose Devastates Bend Family

Drug cartels in Oregon: Heroin overdose devastates Bend family – Chad and Lois Elliott talk about the life and death of their 21-year-old son, Jedidiah Elliott, who died of a heroin overdose in January 2011. Hear part of t…

Ordinance may help curb meth 'smurfing'

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Pate, with the 23rd Judicial District Drug Task Force, explained the 2011 state law requiring pharmacists to use the National Precursor Log Exchange to track possible meth offenses is a “good idea,” but it doesn't stop the addiction. “(Dickson County …
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Wake up: Not only drug dealers sell Adderall

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So for those who choose to take the prescription drug as an academic study aid, they have to find alternate means. Eric, a student at the University of Oregon, has been prescribed Adderall for three years now. “I had problems focusing in classes due to …
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Haider Darwash Left Baby In Car, Shopped At Best Buy On Thanksgiving: Cops

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Michelle Windgassen, 27, and John Lewis, 32, were arrested on charges of endangering a minor while they were under the influence of drugs at a Louisville restaurant. Officers found Windgassen in the bathroom snorting heroin, and Lewis admitted snorting …
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Fort Collins mother says prescription drug abuse killed son

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Laurie Lovedale, a prescription drug abuse prevention program coordinator for Peer Assistance Services, works to prevent prescription drug abuse. Colorado is second in the nation … Only Oregon has a higher abuse rate. Fourteen percent of 18-25 year …
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