Heroin, Other Drugs Gaining Ground in Will County, Experts Tell Parents
Drug specialists from the Will County State's Attorney's office spoke to parents Wednesday about the latest trends and what symptoms to look for in your children.
Heroin has quickly become an easily accessible drug of choice for many middle-class 17- to 24-year olds in Will County, according to drug and mental health case workers with the Will County State’s Attorney’s office. But other drugs, some legal, are showing up on the scene as well, resulting in large numbers of emergency room visits, overdoses and addiction. Julie McCabe-Sterr and Marcia Van Natta spoke about drug trends with about 50 parents of middle school and high school students in a special presentation held Wednesday at Plainfield North High School. Stigmas associated with heroin use have declined, and “heroin is overwhelming the drug of choice,” said McCabe-Sterr, a drug and mental health court coordinator. Students are using the …
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Julie Ferenzi
10:29 am on Thursday, November 3, 2011
I have a 13 year old son and we live in a nice neighborhood. Drugs are being sold at our neighborhood park. My friend just told me that shoes tied together and hung over the telephone wires is a sign to outsiders that drugs are sold in the neighborhood... I just noticed them at all of the entrances to our community about a month ago. Why can't we keep these people out of our neighborhoods, and … more ›