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WAMC New York News
5:57 pm
Mon August 9, 2010

Experts monitor prescription drug abuse, heroin overdoses

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Poughkeepsie, NY – The amount of people seeking treatment for prescription drug abuse is on the rise, and officials in one Hudson Valley county are concerned over a growing increase in deaths caused by heroin overdoses. WAMC's Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Greg Fry has more on what the numbers mean for the region...

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