Tag: heroin
UAB Hosts addiction recovery walk at Railroad Park Sept. 23
By Bob Shepard
UAB News
The Addiction Recovery Program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, along with a number of community partners, will host the End...
The forgotten opioid epidemic: African Americans and heroin
By Glenn Ellis
“A junkie walking through the twilight, I'm on my way home.
I left three days ago, but no one seems to know I'm...
Deterring opiate abuse and addiction: U.S. Attorney convenes summit in Birmingham
Special to The Times
The U.S. Attorney’s Office is this week presenting law enforcement training on the illegal diversion of prescription opioid drugs and a...
U.S. Attorney: ‘Heroin is widely available. . .overdose deaths continue to...
By Joyce White Vance
The White House, in conjunction with the Department of Justice, have proclaimed this week National Heroin and Opioid Awareness Week to...
North Alabama OCDETF Earns National Recognition for Group Fighting Heroin Supply
BIRMINGHAM -- The Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force for the federal Northern District of Alabama earned national recognition for the focused effort it...
