This is some very powerful stuff including a video of a mom speaking out about losing her daughter to heroin.
Newsday
Across Long Island, thousands of people, some barely in their teens, are learning that heroin addiction is a monster not easily conquered. ...Between 2004 and 2008, at least 1,068 people in Nassau and Suffolk counties died from opiate overdoses. Since the beginning of the year, authorities in both counties have continued to identify overdose deaths. Beyond the deaths, more than 10,000 people went into rehab for opiate addictions last year alone
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