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US Launches War Against Opioid And Heroin Addiction

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The United States is in the middle of an unprecedented opioid overdose epidemic. The abuse of prescription opioids along with the illicit use of heroin killed nearly 60-thousand people last year. Every day 91 Americans die from prescription opioid related overdoses. VOA's Chris Simkins has more on the story.

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