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Heroin Makes a Comeback
America's last heroin epidemic was in the 70's and 80's in metropolitan centers. Now users are younger, affluent and living in areas unprepared to cope with the problem.
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenAmerica's last heroin epidemic was in the 1970's and 80's, concentrated in metropolitan centers. Now it's back — more powerful and potentially deadly — and the users are younger, more affluent and living in areas ill-prepared to cope with the problem. Also, Comcast and Time Warner merge in $45 billion deal. On today's Talking Point, is press freedom 'plummeting' in the US?
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3 storiesComcast and Time Warner Merge in $45 Billion Deal
America's two largest cable companies announced a prospective merger today with Comcast planning to buy Time Warner Cable for $45.2 billion. Together, they would account for almost three-quarters of the nation's cable industry. Edmund Lee is media reporter for Bloomberg News .
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Heroin addiction wasn't just Philip Seymour Hoffman 's problem. It isn't just Hollywood's problem. It's America's problem. It's migrated from central cities to middle class suburbs to small towns in New England, the MidWest and other places where it's rarely been seen before.
Read the story36 minIs Press Freedom 'Plummeting' in US?
Reporters Without Borders is an international NGO that rates 180 countries on press freedom. Its latest report has Finland, the Netherlands and Norway at the top of the list, with Turkmenistan North Korea and Eritrea at the bottom.
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