Drug Abuse Blamed as Westmoreland Shoplifting Cases Soar

Published November 16, 2013

Drug abuse blamed as Westmoreland shoplifting cases soar

Filed under: drug addiction drug abuse

Shoplifting cases have soared to record numbers in Westmoreland County as drug addicts swipe DVDs, power tools, razors and other merchandise they can quickly sell or barter for heroin and painkillers, judges and law enforcement officials say. Read more on Tribune-Review

Opening up on teen drug abuse

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Bill Fahey, executive director of Andover Youth Services, which is cosponsoring the event with the Andover Police Department, said all too often the responses he hears when he tries to talk about substance abuse among local teens are “not in my town … Read more on Andover Townsman

All agree: drug abuse is an epidemic

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TACKLING A PROBLEM – Cape Cod Times reporter K.C. Meyers talks to the Barnstable Human Services Committee about the series of articles she has written on drug abuse and addiction on Cape Cod. Human services committee, reporter discuss problems … Read more on Barnstable Patriot