Group Meets to Address Heroin Use in Naperville
About 50 people attended a meeting to discuss the issue of heroin use among Naperville's youth.
Naperville has a problem that officials say blame and shame won’t help solve. The problem is heroin use. The number of young people in Naperville who are using the drug has grown exponentially in recent years, and according to one official heroin use is up 200 percent in Chicago’s collar counties. The first responders, police, therapists and psychiatrists who see the problems first hand know the only way to begin addressing the issue is through community dialog. On Wednesday night, about 50 people attended the program: “Right in Your Own Backyard: Heroin in Naperville” at Edward Hospital. The hospital has partnered with the Naperville Police Department and Naperville Fire Department to begin a community discussion around the problem of …
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