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The independent news website of The Kent Stater & KSTV

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Dylan Stone

Losing Dylan: A mother’s story

Editor’s Note: Dylan Stone, a Kent State business major, lost his life to heroin. Dylan’s mother, Juli, agreed to tell the story of her son's addiction in her own words.My son died alone after a 6-month...

 Johnny Bable takes his dosage of Methadone, a prescription painkiller, at Community Health Center's Methadone Clinic in Akron Thursday, April 17th, 2014.

Fewer pills means more heroin

Christina Suttles April 27, 2014

Robert “Bert” Smith runs a small provisional group for heroin addicts in the basement of his mother’s home in Portage County every three weeks, anonymously and free of charge. As a recovering cocaine...