Worcester Officials Issue Advisory After Drug Deaths

WORCESTER — At least nine people have died here from suspected drug overdoses during the past six days, prompting authorities Wednesday to issue urgent health warnings as the state’s second-largest city became the latest front in the battle against heroin. “There’s something going on with the heroin,” Police Chief Gary Gemme said. “It’s either mixed … Read more

Silicon Valley Breeds New Kind of Drug Abuser

With a booming startup culture cranked up by competitive VPs and adrenaline-driven coders and a tendency for stressed-out managers to look the other way, illicit drugs and black-market painkillers have become part of the landscape in Silicon Valley. For Google executive Forrest Timothy Hayes, heroin was the killer app. From the way the Santa Cruz, … Read more