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• In emotional Facebook post, Victoria mom says son's fatal overdose started with prescription drugs
  The mother of a Victoria teen who died of an accidental overdose says her son's addiction started with prescription drugs. Elliot Eurchuk died Friday of an accidental overdose, his mother wrote in a Facebook post. Rachel Staples said her family felt trapped by the medical system that didn't give them a ...
• At WAR on Addiction rally, tales of the fight against opioids
  As with so many others addicted to opioids, Billy Reitzig's dependency began with a prescription to relieve pain. It ended on April 22, 2016, when the Miller Place man died at age 25 of a heroin overdose. Hundreds Saturday gathered in Farmingville for a “WAR on Addiction” rally — WAR are the initials ...
• Concord Women Charged in Father's Overdose Death
  CONCORD, NH - Two Concord women were recently arrested in connection with the overdose death of Shea Black, 43, of Concord on Nov. 25, 2017. According to the Concord Monitor, Jennifer Mitchell, 32, of Concord an Stephanie Mills, 22, of Concord were were taken into custody by Concord Police ...
• Victoria teen's accidental overdose started with prescription drugs, parents say
  The parents of a Victoria teen who died Friday from an accidental overdose say they felt trapped by a medical system that didn't give them a say in their son's painkiller prescriptions. Sixteen-year-old Elliot Eurchuk, whom his parents described as a kind and funny athlete, died at his home after taking ...
• Parents of teen who died of drug overdose speak out
  The parents of a Grade 11 student who died from an accidental overdose on Friday say the health-care system excluded them from having a say over their son's painkiller prescriptions. "The rest of the story is textbook for this sad and preventable ending," said mother Rachel Staples, a well-known ...
• Parents of dead teen speak out
  Elliot Cleveland Eurchuk, 16, died at his home after taking street drugs his parents believe he was using to help him sleep, reported Canadian Press. “He peacefully died yesterday April 20, 2018 of an unintentional drug overdose,” said Staples, in a social media post. “Elliot had a very difficult past two ...
• After son's death, couple carries mission to stop 'stigma' of drug addiction
  Drug overdoses were the underlying cause of death for 180 Dutchess residents over those three years, the department reported. Across the state, there were 7,168 drug overdose deaths in that time. "We are trying to change the paradigm around drug addiction," Susan Salomone said. "That's really our ...
• Parents of Oak Bay teen who died from accidental overdose say they felt trapped
  The parents of an Oak Bay High School student who died from an accidental overdose Friday say they felt trapped after their son was prescribed opioids earlier last year. His mother Rachel Staples said 16-year-old Elliot Cleveland Eurchuk had 4 surgical procedures in 2017, two for a fractured jaw that ...
• 2 arrested in connection with man's overdose death
  Two women have been arrested in connection with a man's overdose death in a Concord hotel room five months ago. Forty-three-year-old Shea Black died on Nov. 25 after snorting what he believed was heroin. The state medical examiner determined he died of "acute intoxication due to the combined ...
• 2 arrested in connection with man's overdose death
  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Two women have been arrested in connection with a man's overdose death in a Concord hotel room five months ago. Forty-three-year-old Shea Black died on Nov. 25 after snorting what he believed was heroin. The state medical examiner determined he died of "acute ...

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