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While Massachusetts ranks as only 15th in the country in population, the state ranks 5th in opiate-overdose deaths. In fact more people die in Massachusetts from opiate abuse than from car accidents.
Worcester Magazine  |  Jeremy Shulkin  |  08-30-2011  |  Drugs

Heroin Use on the Rise in Wisconsinnew

Heroin has always had a presence in southeastern Wisconsin, and there have always been some hardcore users in the area. But things changed in the 1990s, when Colombian cocaine traffickers saw the profits that Asian producers were making on heroin, primarily China White.
Shepherd Express  |  Lisa Kaiser  |  09-26-2008  |  Drugs

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