Overdose deaths in the metro-east
Troy man's heroin overdose leads to drug charges
A 21-year-old Troy man who suffered a suspected heroin overdose Saturday was arrested on felony drug charges.
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Overdose deaths in the metro-east
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Coroner: Belleville man found in Moto Mart bathroom died of overdose
The man whose body was found early Feb. 9 in the bathroom of a Belleville gas station died of an accidental opiate overdose, the St. Clair County Coroner's office has confirmed.
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Deaths of man and woman in Belleville ruled accidental drug overdoses
A man and a woman whose bodies were found in January in a Belleville home died from accidental drug overdoses, a St. Clair County coroner's inquest jury ruled Wednesday.
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Should we be providing needles for drug users? Controversy follows program at Bethany Place
Mickey Weiss visits Bethany Place to keep himself and his drug-using friends alive, using a needle-exchange program designed to prevent the spread of HIV and hepatitis C.
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'It sucks to be in the room when someone dies'
Bryan Lindell started coming to Bethany Place because of naloxone. The visits eventually led the 21-year-old recovering heroin and cocaine addict into treatment after getting encouragement from people he met there.
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'There is hope': Local woman tells tale of her heroin addiction
She is blonde, pretty and dresses as normal as an elementary school secretary. But just a couple of years ago she was living on the streets with one thing on her mind -- heroin.
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Swansea man accused of delivering heroin that caused Belleville woman's OD
St. Clair County prosecutors on Thursday charged a 25-year-old Swansea man accused of delivering the heroin that caused the nonfatal overdose of a Belleville woman.
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Coroner's inquest: Caseyville man's death was heroin-induced homicide
The death of a 27-year-old Caseyville man was ruled a heroin-induced homicide Wednesday at the St. Clair County coroner's inquest.
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Coroner: Heroin overdose killed 24-year-old Edwardsville woman
Heroin killed a 24-year-old Edwardsville woman who was found unconcious Nov. 6 inside her boyfriend's home.
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Man charged with delivering, injecting heroin that killed metro-east woman
A north St. Louis County man was charged Thursday with delivering and injecting the heroin that killed a South Roxana woman.
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Suspected heroin overdoses kill two more in Madison County
Heroin's deadly grip on Madison County has continued into 2012.








