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Madison Anne Barr was a beautiful, involved, popular 19-year-old from a small town. She died after being abandoned by her friends in an unfamiliar apartment far from home after a heroin overdose.
Ms. Barr was just one of many local stories about the swift and destructive effects of heroin addiction chronicled this week by Dayton Daily News reporter Joanne Huist Smith. After nearly disappearing as a problem in the drug culture in the 1980s, heroin is back because it's cheap, available and deeply addicting to those who make the mistake of experimenting with it. The drug's damage extends into all neighborhoods, all income brackets and all racial and ethnic groups.See the full content of this document
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Programs Especially Needed in Hard Times
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