Heroin | Addiction Treatment Strategies

St. Louis County Police Say They’ll Pursue 3-Pronged Plan to Combat Rise in Heroin Use
Local law enforcement are partnering with a federal agency and a support group to identify traffickers and help those addicted to the drug.
St. Louis County law enforcement offices are partnering…

“The numbers I see of people dying of heroin on a given day, I might have four people dead in my morgue. On one day.”
Florissant police should have the toxicology report on 25-year-old Valerie Butler in the next couple of weeks. Butler’s body was found dumped in Bridgeton…

States Rethink Drug Laws
Treatment Gains Favor Over Long Prison Terms; a New Look at Rehabilitation
By NATHAN KOPPEL And GARY FIELDS
A growing number of states are renouncing some of the long prison sentences that have been a hallmark of the war on drugs and instead focusing on…