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Five-Year-Old Boy Takes Heroin to Show and Tell

During show and tell, the kindergarten student pulled out 10 plastic bags, each containing heroin. The teacher immediately grabbed the bags and alerted the principal, who called the police.

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Quote: Bob Dylan Reveals Heroin Habit in Previously Unheard Interview

“I kicked a heroin habit in New York City. I got very, very strung out for a while. I mean really, very strung out. And I kicked the habit. I had a habit, about a $25-a-day habit, and I kicked it. Yeah, I kicked it then.” —BOB DYLAN, admitting to a heroin addiction in an [...]

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Study Pins Alcohol as More Dangerous than Crack or Heroin

New research notes that it doesn’t take a needle or sniff to damage physical or mental health. All it takes is a sip.

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Chicago Area Fighting Surge in Heroin Use

First it’s tangled in the trial of an ex-governor, then it loses a major Supreme Court gun ban case, and now, as if the Windy City needed another blow, a new report is out saying heroin use has become as thick in the Chicago area as deep dish pizza.