Charleston-Area Heroin Use Trending Upward?

Charleston-area heroin use trending upward?
The Charleston County Sheriff's Office, for instance, handled 25 heroin cases between January 2010 and December 2013, compared to 417 marijuana cases and 210 cocaine cases during the same time period, according to Maj. Eric Watson. Still, as with drugs …
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Experts warned about rise in youth drug use in Stanislaus County
Heroin is classified as an opiate. Heroin and synthetic opiate-based pharmaceuticals like Vicodin or OxyContin are the drugs of choice of 44 percent of Stanislaus County addicts, the study says. Statewide, opiates and synthetic opiates make up 24 …
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