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    Reveal Pilot 2: The Heroin Highway

    Heroin Highway, solitary confinement for teens, the unlikely union of investigative journalism and poetry, and more...

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    Mar 1, 2014 • 1 min read

    On this Reveal pilot, WBEZ reporters show how heroin moves from Juarez to Chicago and into the Midwest; reports from inside "The Box" from teens in solitary confinement. And an update on the Center for Investigative Reporting's examination of prescription drug abuse in the VA. Hosted by Al Letson from State of the Re:Union and WJCT, Jacksonville.

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    Banner image: CIR reporter G.W. Schulz (L) and Reveal host Al Letson (C) overlook the world's busiest border crossing – the cities of El Paso, Texas and Cuidad Juarex.

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