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Heroin Makes a Comeback
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.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readHeroin 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. Cheaper, more potent supplies find a ready market of people already addicted to prescription pain pills that are harder to get than they used to be. Drug overdoses now kill more Americans than traffic accidents, gun homicides or suicides. How long has that been true? Why did it take a celebrity death to focus public attention? What needs to be done?
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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Katie Cooper
Producer, 'One year Later'
Sonya Geis
Senior Managing Editor
Gideon Brower
Independent Producer
Zusha Elinson
Wall Street Journal
Ben Cimons
recovering addict
Keith Humphreys
professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Stanford School of Medicine, former senior policy advisor to the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy
The full episode
2 of 3Heroin Makes a Comeback- 7:32Comcast and Time Warner Merge in $45 Billion Deal
- 7:48Heroin Makes a ComebackYou’re reading this
- 43:47Is Press Freedom 'Plummeting' in US?