Ready access, low cost, pill-like high: Heroin’s rise and fatal draw

Feb 3, 2014 3:49 PM by Evan Perez. Tory Dunnan and Dana Ford - CNN (CNN) -- At 33 years old, Jamie is trying to get clean. The native Bostonian started at a young age: drinking, then smoking pot, then taking pain pills and eventually heroin. "I never thought in my wildest dreams I would stick a needle in my arm," said Jamie, who didn't want his last name revealed. "Not in a million years." But the low cost, the readily availability and the prescription pill-like high makes heroin a draw that's hard to resist. "It's a monkey on your back that you can't shake," Continue reading >>>

Boston College leads Walter Brown Award nominations with three candidates

The Gridiron Club of Greater Boston announced Monday the 16 semifinalists for the 62nd Walter Brown Award, presented annually to the best American-born Division I men’s college hockey player in New England.Eleven teams are represented in the candidates, including eight players from Hockey East, six from ECAC Hockey and two from Atlantic Hockey. The list is made up of 13 forwards, two goalies and one defenseman.Boston College has three nominees, while Yale, Quinnipiac and Bentley have two apiece.“The number of high-quality Division I hockey programs in New England has been growing for the past Continue reading >>>

Equinox Chestnut Hill Boasts Local Firsts for the Fitness Brand

We asked General Manager Jennifer Birkett and the Group Fitness Director in Chestnut Hill about some of the club features: We hear the club has taken steps to become greener. How so? Equinox's comprehensive, sustainable program enhances your health and the club environment with filtered water, bamboo flooring and eco-friendly plush towels—natural cotton, un-bleached towels which are laundered in our energy efficient washing machines in the club. Our clubs also use green cleaning products that contain natural ingredients and VOC free. What is the wildest piece of training equipment at the Continue reading >>>

Addiction: Is heroin use on the rise?

(CNN) — At 33 years old, Jamie is trying to get clean. The native Bostonian started at a young age — drinking, then smoking pot, then taking pain pills and eventually heroin. “I never thought in my wildest dreams I would stick a needle in my arm,” says Jamie, who didn’t want his last name revealed. “Not in a million years.” But the low cost, the readily availability and the prescription pill-like high makes heroin a draw that’s hard to resist. “It’s a monkey on your back that you can’t shake,” he says. If autopsy results bear out what officials suspect, actor Philip Seymour Continue reading >>>

Heroin availability and use are increasing nationwide, DEA says

(CNN) - At 33 years old, Jamie is trying to get clean. The native Bostonian started at a young age: drinking, then smoking pot, then taking pain pills and eventually heroin. "I never thought in my wildest dreams I would stick a needle in my arm," said Jamie, who didn't want his last name revealed. "Not in a million years." But the low cost, the readily availability and the prescription pill-like high makes heroin a draw that's hard to resist. "It's a monkey on your back that you can't shake," he says.If autopsy results bear out what officials suspect, actor Philip Seymour Hoffman will be the Continue reading >>>

Reasons behind heroin’s rise and fatal draw

(CNN) - At 33 years old, Jamie is trying to get clean. The native Bostonian started at a young age: drinking, then smoking pot, then taking pain pills and eventually heroin. "I never thought in my wildest dreams I would stick a needle in my arm," said Jamie, who didn't want his last name revealed. "Not in a million years." But the low cost, the readily availability and the prescription pill-like high makes heroin a draw that's hard to resist. "It's a monkey on your back that you can't shake," he says.If autopsy results bear out Continue reading >>>

Heroin deaths on the rise across the country – WSBT

(CNN) - At 33 years old, Jamie is trying to get clean. The native Bostonian started at a young age: drinking, then smoking pot, then taking pain pills and eventually heroin. "I never thought in my wildest dreams I would stick a needle in my arm," said Jamie, who didn't want his last name revealed. "Not in a million years." But the low cost, the readily availability and the prescription pill-like high makes heroin a draw that's hard to resist. "It's a monkey on your back that you can't shake," he says.If autopsy results bear Continue reading >>>

Jennifer Garner endorses Tom Brady

Honorary Bostonian Jennifer Garner and the cast of “Draft Day” were in New York to promote their football film during Super Bowl weekend. At a Friday press conference for the movie, Garner said that despite the fact that her film is about the Cleveland Browns, she’s a Patriots fan. Of course, the audience was not pleased. “I can take it, go ahead, boo me, I don’t care,” she responded, adding, “I like watching Tom Brady, not just because he’s handsome — I get handsome, I understand handsome — but he’s a fine leader, he’s a great quarterback and I like the team.” Garner Continue reading >>>

Boston’s two medical marijuana dispensaries still have regulatory hurdles to clear

View full sizeA map of medical marijuana dispensaries in Greater Boston.  BOSTON — Of the five companies that applied for a medical marijuana dispensary license in Boston, only Green Heart Holistic Health Pharmaceuticals and Good Chemistry of Massachusetts were awarded the opportunity to set up shop. Both have a bit of a ways to go, though, before their doors will actually open. Jaime Lewis, chief operating officer of Good Chemistry, said that the company will go through the zoning and permitting process next week, as well as meet with local neighborhood groups. Good Chemistry, set to Continue reading >>>