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The number of daily opioid overdoses in South Florida is overwhelming police

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The man’s roommates found him unconscious and he was turning blue, not breathing. He was overdosing on heroin.

The telephone number of a "spice" dealer written on a wall outside a Moscow train station.

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Vancouver combats heroin by giving its addicts the best smack in the world

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