Heroin

St. Louis has a heroin problem. And the problem is growing, especially among suburban youth.As previously reported by St. Louis Public Radio, the number…

A federal court in Illinois has rejected a plea agreement that would have sent former St. Clair County judge Michael Cook to prison for 18 months on drug…

The top two law enforcement officials in Madison County, Ill., say they want to hear from anyone and everyone who might have ideas about slowing the…

Experts who study drug trends say the presumed fatal heroin overdose of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman shines the spotlight anew on the need for society to…

Federal prosecutors say a southwestern Illinois man who admitted to trafficking heroin supplied the narcotic almost daily to a former judge now facing…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 6, 2013 - As he and his staff prepared for the opening of a new alcohol and drug treatment…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 13, 2012 - The new face of heroin addiction in St. Louis – more suburban, more middle class and…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 12, 2012 - When Christian Hospital opened its drug treatment center about eight years ago, it…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 9, 2012 - It starts innocently enough with pills, little capsules or tablets of opioid,…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 8, 2012 - I’ll take your money. / I’ll take your freedom. / I’ll take your family. / I’ll take…