Heroin High

Heroin High

October 29, 2009 4:18 PM

As dealers have refined production methods, more and more suburban American teenagers are abusing heroin, sparking a nationwide increase in lethal overdoses. Jim Axelrod reports from Massapequa, N.Y.

Teen Heroin Use - and Deaths - On the Rise
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