Drug Trade: Heroin Making Inroads in Ky., Moving Pain Pill Abuse Aside in Some …

Drug trade: Heroin making inroads in Ky., moving pain pill abuse aside in some …

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"There's always some type of drug to step up when another gets taken out," said Dan Smoot, law enforcement director of Operation UNITE, which handles drug investigations in 29 eastern Kentucky counties where pain pill abuse had been rampant. "We didn't …
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Our View: Drug addiction not just a supply-side problem

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The same thing has been happening in Maine, where state officials say opiate addiction is increasing even as successful steps have been employed against prescription drug abuse. This is the danger of treating drug abuse as strictly a law enforcement …
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