Portsmouth Hospital Sees 'Huge Influx' of Heroin Overdoses

Published October 26, 2012

Portsmouth hospital sees 'huge influx' of heroin overdoses
Filed under: treatment for cocaine overdose
While Notis didn't have hard data immediately available Thursday, she said hospital staff have been treating a growing number of people who have overdosed on heroin, prescription medications and bath salts. Similarly, Mike Rogers, assistant director of … Read more on Seacoastonline.com

Circus worker died of drugs, alcohol overdose, coroner says
Filed under: treatment for cocaine overdose
A toxicology report from the Illinois Crime Laboratory showed “high traces” of heroin, cocaine and alcohol in the system of Casey Dale Walker, 22, according to a news release from St. Charles police. The coroner's office classified the death of the … Read more on Chicago Daily Herald

Coroner: Heroin use a 'crisis' in county
Filed under: treatment for cocaine overdose
The conviction on drug charges last week of the second of two men who ran a large-scale heroin and cocaine ring in Oshkosh brought to a close one chapter in the explosion of heroin abuse in Winnebago County. … Authorities saw a slight decrease in the … Read more on The Oshkosh Northwestern