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Overdose deaths in the metro-east

Caseyville man charged in Maryville woman's overdose death

A Caseyville man is accused of delivering heroin to a woman who was found dead in a Maryville apartment.

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OVERDOSE DEATHS IN THE METRO-EAST

Metro-east woman gets four years in overdose deaths

A Bethalto woman accused of causing two overdose deaths in a month may stay in prison less than a year and a half, thanks to time served and possible good behavior.
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Charges dismissed in two more Madison County fatal heroin overdoses

Madison County prosecutors dropped drug-induced homicide charges against a Bethalto woman accused for her role in two heroin overdose deaths.
OVERDOSE DEATHS IN THE METRO-EAST

Paramedic: 'More times they are mad at us for killing their high than saving their life'

Linda Chilton found her grandson lying on the floor of her bathroom the night of Feb. 24, 2010.
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Prescription drug abuse: Are you addicted to pain pills?

JoAnne Aldredge couldn't deal with the pain. Her fibromyalgia was so bad the 45-year-old Scott Air Force Base resident would cry if she had to shake hands.
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357 metro-east residents died from drug overdoses from 2006-2010

Drug overdoses are the leading cause of accidental death in St. Clair and Madison counties. 357 people have died between 2006 and 2010. Prescription drugs are the deadliest, thought heroin deaths have spiked. Here's a list of those who died from a drug overdose in the metro-east, according to Madison...
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Dope-sick: Youths migrate to heroin as deaths spike

Suburban youth drug culture is graduating. Marijuana, alcohol and the occasional acid trip are being replaced by powerful painkillers and the drug blamed for more local overdose deaths: heroin.
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Drug overdose deaths rise: Cops, protesters blame heroin but problem lies elsewhere

Myrtle Bailey had a roof over her head, a husband and eight children. Drugs ended that.
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Opinion: Sobering look at overdoses

Look at the faces in the newspaper today. They are not who you would expect. They are not the faces of drug addicts. But they are.
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Overdose deaths hit new high: About this project

Reporters Kevin Bersett and Jacqueline Lee in January started to investigate a large number of overdose deaths in the metro-east. They compiled the statistics in this series based on a public records review of the 357 confirmed overdose deaths between 2006 and 2010 in St. Clair and Madison counties...
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This teen snorted the heroin, but did someone else kill her? Wrestling with drug friends' culpability

Triad High School was off for two snow days in mid-January. Shannon Gaddis spent the first day with two friends. They bought heroin in St. Louis, police reports state. Just after midnight she snorted a dose and a half by herself.