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Addiction Treatment Specialists Say Heroin Deaths Avoidable

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As authorities investigate the apparent heroin death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, experts say that narcotic addiction and overdose deaths are epidemic in the United States, particularly in the northeast. According to federal reports, about 669,000 Americans use heroin - a figure that has doubled since 2007. Overdoses of drugs, both legal and illegal, kill more than 100 people every day, more than the number who die in automobile accidents. A major factor in the upsurge,...

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