Ex-NBA Player Herren Issues Warning

Ex-NBA player Herren issues warning

Filed under: drug addiction news 2008

Herren, 36, hasn't used drugs or alcohol since Aug. 1, 2008. He is the author of the recent book, “Basketball Junkie,” and runs a basketball company, Hoop Dreams with Chris Herren, and The Herren Project, a foundation that helps people seeking …
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SHERROD BROWN Helping Ohio communities stop prescription drug abuse

Filed under: drug addiction news 2008

As the national death toll from prescription drug overdoses doubled, the rate of overdoses tripled in Ohio. Ohio's death rate due to unintentional drug poisoning increased more than 350 percent from 1999 to 2008. Oxycodone and other opioids caused more …
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East Bridgewater to hold first drug awareness vigil as problem grows in town

Filed under: drug addiction news 2008

Eight people have overdosed on drugs in East Bridgewater so far this year – four times more overdoses than the two reported in 2008, police said. And five people have died in East Bridgewater after overdosing on drugs in the past five years. On …
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