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Final part in a series.
Why does anyone -- let alone a young person full of life -- start snorting or shooting heroin, an opiate known to cause near-instant addiction and possibly a lifetime of suffering?
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Scott Brinton
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8/17/10
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Part six in a series.
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice made a name for herself with her tough-as-nails prosecution of drunken drivers. Now, as the use of heroin has spread on Long Island, it's little surprise that the headstrong D.A. is taking a hard line.
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Sari Zeidler and Deirdre Krasula
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6/17/10
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Part six in a series.
Happening upon this seemingly abandoned lot might leave you with the feeling that you're about to witness a late-night drug deal, but in fact, you would have stumbled on one of the places that heroin dealers and addicts fear most.
It's the heart of the Nassau County Police Department's Heroin Task Force. Much of what happens here is kept under wraps. Police asked that the address be kept confidential. The following is what authorities can share.
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Sari Zeidler and Deirdre Krasula
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6/2/10
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Heroin addicts describe their first high as the ultimate escape, a 20-hour fix starting with a pleasure rush that races from the tip of the tongue throughout the body and steadily progresses toward hallucinations that transfix a user in a state of semiconscious euphoria.
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4/23/10
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With fewer than 50 people in attendance at a community forum at East Meadow High School last week, a Nassau County Police Department detective unveiled statistics showing that heroin use continues to …
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Mike Caputo
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4/15/10
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They line up every day inside an off-white office resembling a trailer across the street from the Long Beach Medical Center: two neat rows of average-looking people, waiting patiently, as if they are there to buy a cup of coffee from the local deli.
But they are there to save their lives.
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By Scott Brinton
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4/14/10
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Part three of an ongoing Herald series on heroin addiction.
Mary dressed in a well-worn sweater and jeans for her interview in a conference room overlooking the bay at Long …
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By Scott Brinton
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4/2/10
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Police contract should consider our children
To the Editor:
As the City of Long Beach negotiates a new police contract, it must be mindful not only of the short-term financial obligations …
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4/1/10
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The beach had a significant role in Holly Prussman’s life — and death.
When she was a girl, Holly enjoyed playing on Roosevelt Boulevard beach, and she developed into a top Long Island …
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Joseph Kellard
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3/31/10
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Drug addiction infects every community and now, heroin is the new drug of choice for kids in Nassau County. It’s cheap, easy to find and easy to do — it can be snorted rather than injected — which is why the Valley Stream Central High School District hosted its second annual community forum on substance abuse March 18.
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Anthony Bottan
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3/31/10
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