NPR: todays addicts are white, suburban
Heroin was once the scourge of the urban poor, but today the typical user is a young, white suburbanite, a study finds. And the path to addiction usually starts with prescription painkillers. Read more of Maanvi Singhs NPR report originally broadcast and published in 2014 here: http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2014/05/28/316673753/todays-heroin-addict-is-young-white-and-suburban
Impact of drug abuse on county taxes
Each fatality costs taxpayers an average of nearly $3,000 — the costs of the related investigation, an autopsy, testing, transportation and clerical work, Coroner Ken Bacha said. Read more of Rich Cholodofsky's story here: http://triblive.com/mobile/11359225-96/overdoses-county-drug
