Daily Archives: March 8, 2017

Chester County, Pennsylvania the Latest Area Hit by the Worsening Addiction Epidemic

Addiction can strike anywhere, in any community, and have negative effects that spiral families out of control. In recent years, heroin use and seriously life-threatening addictions have become more common in even the most affluent of communities. Chester County is learning this first-hand with a dramatic rise in the cases of drug abuse, addiction, overdoses,…

Heroin, Crime Moving into Somerset County, New Jersey

There has been an ongoing problem with substance abuse in the United States for decades. What was once a problem of urban areas and big cities has made its way to small towns and suburbia, and Somerset County, NJ has fallen victim to this epidemic as well. In 2013, there were 740 reported heroin deaths…