Tag: Heroin epidemic

Larry GriffinMay 24, 2016
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1min197
Sen. Marco Rubio will chair a hearing in Washington D.C. about the heroin epidemic on Thursday. Rubio, in his position as chair of the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women’s Issues, will oversee the hearing, which will be titled “Cartels and the U.S. Heroin Epidemic: Combating Drug Violence […]

Larry GriffinMarch 14, 2016
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4min294
After eight months of investigations, the Orange County Heroin Task Force concluded Monday morning with a public meeting at the county administration building. The meeting ended with a pledge by Mayor Teresa Jacobs to begin work immediately on a set of recommendations to help curb the county’s severe heroin epidemic. Last year, there were 101 heroin-related […]


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