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Editor's note: Today is the first in a series of six on the drug crisis in Howard County. This week: A look at the drug crisis and the impact on one family.
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A man and a woman lay on the banks of Wildcat Creek, faces obscured at the angle the photo was taken. The man is propped up by a medic to help him breathe. The woman is flat on her back with bare, dirty feet nearly in the water.
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Editor's note: This is the second in a six-part series on the drug crisis in our community. This week: The foster care system. Next week: Pill mills.
Since 2012, Indiana has seen a more than 50 percent increase in children in need of foster care, a problem that is attributed to drug addiction, according to the Indiana Youth Institute.
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Jessica Harmon said she was making up to $4,000 a month selling prescription pills such as oxycodone and hydrocodone on the street. Her supplier? The Wagoner Medical Center in Burlington.
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Editor's note: This is the third in a six-part series on the local drug epidemic. This week: Pill mills. Next week: The challenge of treating addiction.
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David Doan knew the pain medication he was taking was killing him. He tried to stop. He tried to find an alternative.
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Editor's note: This is the fourth in a six-part series on the drug crisis in the local community. This week: Treating addiction. Next week: Drug court.
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Someone suffering from addiction isn’t an “addict,” they’re “a person with addiction," according to MarJo Doyle of Community Howard Regional Health.
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Over half of infants exposed to opioids prenatally suffer from withdrawal symptoms after birth, truly making them the youngest victims of a national opioid crisis that has taken its toll locally.
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Editor's note: This is the fifth in a six-part series on the drug crisis in our community. This week: Drug court. Next week: What can the community do to solve the problem?
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Community in Crisis is a six-part series exploring the drug crisis in Howard County. These stories will be published each Sunday through April 8.
- Community in Crisis
- Honoring Deputy Koontz
- Neighborhood Guides
- Changing the Conversation: Poverty in Our Community
- Stories of War
- 100 Objects
- Addiction Series
- April 11, 1965 - 50 Years Later
- Ryan White: 25 Years Later
- The Battle for Baseball
- Paying for College
- Nov. 17, 2013: One Year Later
- Degrees of debt
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