Last month, Governor Pat Quinn signed a bill “creating a new task force” to address the growing use of heroin in the Chicago suburbs, (herald-review.com). Kathleen Burke, CEO of the Robert Crown Centers for Health Education, says that heroin is cheaper and easier to get than pain pills so many pill addicts switch to heroin, (Chicago Tribune).
If you are interested in doing research on the topic of heroin, we have many books and a few DVDs in the library. Click here to see what we have.
There are also many articles in our databases. If you are off campus, use the same login information that you use for MV Connect and Blackboard. Here is a link to articles on heroin in the Academic Search Complete database.