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Jan 09

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The opioid epidemic’s toll on pregnant women and their babies

By Melanie Saltzman, Saskia de Melker

The risk for overdose from opioid painkillers and heroin among women, including pregnant women, has skyrocketed, which means a growing number of babies are born dependent on opioids. NewsHour Weekend Special correspondent Alison Stewart reports on the challenges for pregnant…

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Jan 05

Watch 9:54
On the campaign trail in NH, heartbreak over heroin addiction

By Judy Woodruff, Rachel Wellford

The easy availability of cheap heroin and other opiates has exploded in New Hampshire, where more than 300 people died of drug overdose deaths in 2015. The crisis has prompted state leaders to offer plans on how to improve addiction…

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Dec 18

Deaths from drug overdoses reach record-high levels in 2014

By Joshua Barajas

Nearly 50,000 people died from drug overdoses in the U.S. in 2014, a new record driven by the deaths of heroin addicts and people misusing prescription painkillers, new federal statistics showed.

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Oct 21

Obama says U.S. will tackle prescription drug and heroin abuse

By Kathleen Hennessey, Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will take steps to improve doctor training and ease access to drug treatment as part of an effort to help communities battling the scourge of heroin and prescription painkiller abuse.

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Aug 17

White House launches initiative to combat heroin use

By Associated Press

The White House is launching a new $5 million initiative to combat heroin use and trafficking of the drug, particularly in states along the East Coast.

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Aug 12

Watch 5:32
How the ‘quietest’ drug epidemic has ravaged the U.S.

By PBS NewsHour

Former Los Angeles Times reporter Sam Quinones examines the dramatic surge of heroin use in the U.S. in his new book, "Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic." Quinones paints a graphic portrait of the national problem in a…

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Feb 19

ASU and Arizona PBS’s new project sheds light on the state’s deadly heroin problem

By Anna Sillers

Arizona is one of the first states heroin reaches when it travels into the U.S. from the southwest border and the state has seen a massive increase in heroin use and overdoses in the past year. A new short film…

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Jan 28

Watch 7:28
Why a promising heroin addiction treatment is unavailable in many states

By PBS NewsHour

More than 90 percent of heroin users who detox cold turkey will relapse, but there’s a dispute over prescribing drugs to help addicts get clean and keep them from deadly overdoses. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Ryan Grim of The Huffington…

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Dec 10

Watch 6:27
Why is there rampant heroin addiction among Myanmar’s jade miners?

By PBS NewsHour

In northern Myanmar, there's an epidemic of heroin addiction and HIV infection among workers who mine for jade. Some believe the government is encouraging the use of drugs as a weapon against their people. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Dan Levin…

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Oct 04

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U.S. heroin overdose deaths more than double in two years

By Rialda Zukic

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Friday that heroin-related overdoses more than doubled from 2010 to 2012.

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