# gas station heroin

Man Charged With Stealing Charity Jar From Riverside Gas Station » Officers responded about 10:20 p.m. Friday to a reported theft at the Amstar gas station at 3346 Harlem Avenue, Riverside police said. Cbsnews.com

Long Island Authorities Bust Major Heroin Ring, Dozens Arrested » Nassau County prosecutors are calling it the largest narcotics takedown in Long Island history. They say the heroin ring operated along Route 110 in Nassau and Suffolk counties. Cbsnews.com

Synthetic Marijuana Seized From Local Gas Station » Pennsylvania State Police in Greensburg recovered more than 150 grams of synthetic marijuana that was being sold at a local gas station primarily to teens and young adults. Cbsnews.com

Kratom: Fear-worthy foliage or beneficial botanical? - Harvard Health » … Health.harvard.edu

Rockland police briefs: Tappan heroin case, nursing home theft » An officer found Nicholas Woodford asleep behind the wheel at 4:45 a.m. Lohud.com

Evidence on Strategies for Addressing the Opioid Epidemic » Years of sustained, coordinated, and vigilant effort will be required to contain the present opioid epidemic and ameliorate its harmful effects on society. At least 2 million people have an opioid use disorder (OUD) involving prescription opioids, and almost 600,000 have an OUD associated with heroin (HHS, 2016). These numbers are likely to increase in the coming years, regardless of what policies are put in place. Follow-up studies of individuals receiving treatment for OUD involving heroin (e.g., Hser et al., 2001) find very high rates of premature mortality (in the neighborhood of one-third) due to overdose or other complications of the disorder. Thus, even if the nation ramps up treatment availability substantially and immediately, death rates will climb and quality of life will be dramatically reduced for many people for years to come. Likewise, the continued progression of still more people from prescription opioid use to OUD will demand sustained and coordinated effort to establish and implement the sc Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov